Dragon Prince Yuan c1-1251

by Translator: Yeow

  Zhou Yuan’s chest rapidly heaved, only gradually returning to normal after some time. However, the burning fire in his eyes blazed strongly, impossible to be extinguished.

  It was after all hard to reign in his emotions when the goal he had strived so long for was finally right before his eyes.

  He slowly walked forward, arriving in front of the jade statue as he reached out a trembling hand to gently touch the statue’s hand.

  A cooling sensation spread from his palm.

  Light suddenly blossomed from the green jade hand as the Saint Rune slowly began to squirm.

  Zhou Yuan circulated his Genesis Qi, very carefully sending strands of Qi to grab the Saint Rune.

  Bzz!

  However, the mysterious Saint Rune seemed to be aware of his intentions and suddenly shook, scattering the Genesis Qi. With a swish, it left the green jade hand and zipped through the air.

  Zhou Yuan was horrified by this sight. If he were to let it escape, he would not even have a place to cry.

  Rumblw!

  Vigorous Genesis Qi instantly exploded from Zhou Yuan’s body without any reservation, transforming into halo after halo that reached towards the fleeing Saint Rune.

  Bzz bzz!

  However, the mysterious rune vibrated, and easily scattered the Genesis Qi.

  This Saint Rune evidently possessed some kind of mysterious power. If it had offensive capabilities, Zhou Yuan would have likely been in a tremendous amount of danger.

  After scattering the Genesis Qi, the mysterious Saint Rune flew towards the entrance of the hall.

  Beads of sweat dripped down the anxious Zhou Yuan’s head. He had not expected the second Saint Rune to be so difficult to subdue. The patriarch had not told him anything about this back then!

  Bzz!

  However, while Zhou Yuan was fretting inside as if he were on fire, the Decoder Saint Rune began to revolve in the depths of his pupils. A mysterious light stream shot out, shining on the escaping Saint Rune.

  Under the light, the untamable Saint Rune immediately froze, before slowly flying back and began circling around Zhou Yuan as if sensing something familiar.

  Zhou Yuan did not dare to even move as he anxiously watched the Saint Rune, afraid that it would suddenly fly away again.

  He sort of knew that this Saint Rune also possessed some kind of mysterious power, and would not be so easily obtained. Even with the Decoder Saint Rune, he had only succeeded with the help of the divine grindstone brand.

  Hence, he required the aid of another divine object to subdue this Saint Rune.

  From what he could see, the divine grindstone brand was not going to be of much use against this Saint Rune. Fortunately, the Decoder Saint Rune had promptly taken action...

  Under Zhou Yuan’s anxious gaze, the mysterious Saint Rune leisurely circled him twice, before gradually descending due to the familiar power from the Decoder Saint Rune.

  Zhou Yuan extended a hand as the Saint Rune landed in his palm.

  It began to melt like water the moment it touched his hand, soaking into his palm and fusing with his flesh.

  Next, a mysterious, cryptic looking ancient Saint Rune appeared in Zhou Yuan’s hand.

  Zhou Yuan quickly clenched his hand, afraid that it would run away again, while a wide grin emerged on his face.

  As the Saint Rune fused into his palm, information began to flow into his head.

  “Earth Saint Rune, second rune of the Cangxuan Saint Stamp. Gives one power over the earth to absorb earth Genesis Qi to augment the body.”

  “So this Saint Rune is called the Earth Saint Rune.” Mumbled Zhou Yuan to himself. Soon after, he asked in a puzzled voice, “Earth Genesis Qi? Augment the body?”

  He awkwardly scratched his head. From the looks of it, this Earth Saint Rune belonged to the battle category.

  However, there was currently no time to give it a spin. He closed his fist, causing the Earth Saint Rune within it to slowly fade away. It concealed itself in his flesh, making it nearly impossible to detect.

  The second Saint Rune was finally his.

  Zhou Yuan took in a deep breath, a huge weight finally lifted off his mind. His first major goal had at long last been achieved.

  Bzz!

  While Zhou Yuan was elated over obtaining the second Saint Rune, the rays of light suddenly beamed from the jade statue’s eyes.

  Zhou Yuan was startled, hastily taking two steps back.

  The light converged before him, ultimately taking the shape of two ancient glowing words.

  “This is?”

  Zhou Yuan was stunned as he read them, “Mythic Utopia?”

  “What is a Mythic Utopia?” Zhou Yuan frowned. Soon after, his eyes suddenly widened, “Could it be… a clue leading to the third Saint Rune?”

  Back then, patriarch Cang Xuan had told him that he would receive a clue that led to the third Saint Rune when he obtained the second Saint Rune. From the looks of it, the third Saint Rune was probably somewhere in this Mythic Utopia.

  However, the term was very unfamiliar to Zhou Yuan. Looks like he’ll have to start doing some research.

  The four Saint Runes were split off parts of the Cangxuan Saint Stamp, the number divine object of Cangxuan Heaven. If there was a chance to gather them, Zhou Yuan would naturally take it.

  The ancient glowing words slowly faded away as the jade statue returned to normal, no longer displaying any strange activity.

  A look of thought emerged on Zhou Yuan’s face, before he solemnly bowed towards the green jade statue and said, “Don’t worry patriarch, I will do my best to gather the four Saint Runes.”

  As long as the Saint Runes were in his possession, it would be impossible for the master of Sacred Palace to become the master of Cangxuan Heaven even if he did obtain the Cangxuan Saint Stamp.

  His roots were in Cangxuan Heaven after all, and he would naturally not want Sacred Palace to grow so powerful. If they did, it would become extremely dangerous for him, who had the Saint Runes in his possession.

  After he was done, Zhou Yuan slowly withdrew from the hall and stood outside.

  Rumble!

  Meanwhile, green light rose from the jade statue in the hall and soared into the sky. The green light spread, slowly melting the seal over the main peak wherever it passed.

  The mist that surrounded the peak also began to recede like the tide.

  The long sealed main peak was finally going to see the light of day again.

  Dong! Dong! Dong!

  The resonant dong of an old bell rang continuously in the main peak, echoing in the surroundings as if in celebration.

  Outside the main peak, high above in the sky. Emotions surged across sect master Qing Yang’s face as he watched the mist retreat from the main peak, before he stood up and bowed towards it.

  “Congratulations on reopening, Saint Genesis Peak!”

  Saint Genesis Peak where patriarch Cang Xuan often secluded himself. His bow was in truth a bow towards the patriarch.

  The five peak masters also stood up and earnestly bowed with solemn expressions.

  “Congratulations on reopening, Saint Genesis Peak!”

  Their grand voices echoed across the land, causing the countless individuals within the Cangxuan Sect to look towards Saint Genesis Peak in shock.

  From this day onwards, the seven peaks of the Cangxuan Sect shall reemerge in the world.

  Chapter 497 Genesis Reservoir Ceremony

  As the sound of a bell loudly echoed in the Cangxuan Sect, countless disciples raised their heads and cast astonished gazes towards Saint Genesis Peak.

  Because they knew how huge this was to the sect...

  Saint Genesis Peak was established by the patriarch long ago, and possessed a tremendous amount of cultivation resources. However, due to the seal, these resources had been unable to see the light of day. Now that Saint Genesis Peak was reopened, it would perhaps not be long before they would grow strong once more, causing the Cangxuan Sect’s overall streng
th to rise.

  Despite the significance of this event, numerous disciples were even more shocked and bewildered by the one who was at the root of it… Zhou Yuan.

  Although his performance in the chief disciple selection had been spectacular, most disciples had not been optimistic about his attempt at challenging the mountain trials and reopening the main peak.

  Only because the difficulty was far too great.

  Hence, why the many disciples were so shocked and in disbelief when the final result was revealed.

  No one had imagined that a disciple, who had joined the sect a year ago, would accomplish such an amazing feat.

  After all, an achievement on the level of establishing a peak was something shared by only the few peak masters in the Cangxuan Sect. Although Zhou Yuan had only reopened Saint Genesis Peak, the shock value of the deed was still rather high.

  Zhou Yuan had done what so many chief disciples of Saint Genesis Peak had failed to in the past. This was enough to show how outstanding he was.

  After this matter, his status in the Cangxuan would likely surpass the other chief disciples, and maybe even catch up to the ten great Chosens.

  ...

  Snow Lotus Peak.

  Li Qingchan gracefully stood on a certain mountain peak, her beautiful face directed towards the soaring jade light from Saint Genesis Peak with a look of amazement appeared on her face.

  “He really did it.” Mumbled Li Qingchan, as a complicated look arose in her eyes. She was someone who had witnessed Zhou Yuan’s rapid progress over the past year.

  He was just like a sea sponge, frantically absorbing the sea water around it to enrich itself. No matter the difficult or risk, nothing had been able to stop him.

  Such tenacity made even Li Qingchan’s heart tremble a little.

  She had previously been unable to understand why someone as amazing as Yaoyao would willingly stay at Zhou Yuan’s side. In Li Qingchan’s opinion, someone as outstanding as Yaoyao should live in a completely different world than Zhou Yuan.

  No matter how she looked at it, Zhou Yuan did not deserve to stand at Yaoyao’s side.

  As such, she always felt a pitying feeling like a flower was growing in dung when she viewed the two of them. However, Zhou Yuan had repeatedly surprised and amazed her over the past year, slowly changing her initial opinion.

  Perhaps, what Yaoyao saw was the potential hidden within him.

  ...

  Sword Cometh Peak

  Three figures were seated facing each other in a stone pavilion.

  Kong Sheng frowned slightly as he looked in Saint Genesis Peak’s direction and slowly said, “He does have some ability.”

  Zhao Zhu’s expression was quite ugly. He had previously stated that it was impossible for Zhou Yuan to reopen Saint Genesis Peak, and he never imagined that the latter would actually succeed.

  Beside the two of them was the newly promoted chief disciple of Sword Cometh Peak, Bai Liche.

  He was currently frowning as he looked towards Saint Genesis Peak. As the chief disciple of Sword Cometh Peak, Bai Liche felt Zhou Yuan to be his lesser.

  In his opinion, a chief disciple, who fought his way to victory from those little kittens and puppies from Saint Genesis Peak, had no right to stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

  Even Yuan Hong, whose strength was at least acceptable, was an opponent that Bai Liche was confident of suppressing. After all, he had always managed to do so in the past when the former was still part of Sword Cometh Peak.

  Hence, he was not at all concerned about Saint Genesis Peak’s chief disciple, Zhou Yuan.

  However, the huge fuss Zhou Yuan had suddenly caused would cause his reputation to begin overwhelming the other chief disciples, including himself, the chief disciple of Sword Cometh Peak.

  This made Bai Lichu feel quite uncomfortable.

  Bai Liche looked towards Zhao Zhu and said, “Senior brother Zhao Zhu need not brood over such matters, Zhou Yuan was just lucky that’s all.”

  Zhao Zhu replied with a dark expression, “He has caused such a great loss to our Sword Cometh Peak, that even peak master secretly erupted in anger a few times. He’s truly a pain in the neck and I feel that it is time to teach him a lesson.”

  He looked towards Kong Sheng and asked, “What do you think, senior brother Kong Sheng?”

  Kong Sheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, considering for a moment, before he said, “Teaching our junior brothers some humbleness is indeed what we senior brothers should be doing.”

  His fingers gently tapped the table as he said, “This year’s Genesis reservoir ceremony should be about to begin, right?”

  Zhao Zhu and Bai Liche’s eyes brightened when they heard this.

  The Genesis reservoir ceremony was naturally related to the Genesis reservoir. Normally speaking, only purple sash disciples were allowed into the Genesis reservoir every two months, while ordinary disciples could only watch with envy from the outside, or stay in the outer area to absorb some of the pure Genesis Qi that leaked out.

  However, there was an exception.

  At the start of every year, the sect would open the Genesis reservoir to everyone without restriction. Any disciple could enter to try their luck, as a sort of reward for the year of hard work they had spent in their cultivation.

  This was the so-called Genesis reservoir ceremony.

  However, there were also certain rules in place. Dragon Genesis Essence was not obtained individually but by the entire peak.

  When the Genesis reservoir ceremony was over, the total amount of Dragon Genesis Essene obtained by the various peaks would be evaluated by the sect, and then the disciples of each peak would be awarded the appropriate level of Genesis Marrow Baptism.

  The scale would be tremendous with disciples from all seven peaks entering the Genesis reservoir, which would also naturally lead to conflicts between them. The upper echelons of the sect did not forbid such conflicts as long as they were positive and competitive in nature. It was after all also a form of training for the disciples.

  Kong Sheng looked towards Zhao Zhu and Bai Liche, before shifting his gaze towards the far away Saint Genesis Peak as he smiled, “What portion of their final haul does Saint Genesis Peak pay to our Sword Cometh Peak as tribute last year?”

  “Twenty percent. We gave face to Lu Hong’s faction, and only collected a twenty percent protection fee last year.” Zhao Zhu also smiled.

  Every Genesis reservoir ceremony, the sect would stimulate the Origin Dragon vein, which would in turn greatly boost the dragon Qi in the reservoir. As a result, the number of aquatic beasts would soar in both numbers and strength, creating quite a challenge for the various peaks.

  Fortunately, each peak was overseen by their respective Chosen, allowing them to deal with giant swarms of aquatic beasts.

  The only exception was Saint Genesis Peak.

  Saint Genesis Peak was not only the weakest but also the least in number. In previous years, their participation was essentially a joke, and a small mistake was it would take for them to be besieged on all sides by aquatic beasts and losing their qualifications. Saint Genesis Peak grew smarter later on, and seeked aid from the other peaks. In exchange, they would give up a portion of their Dragon Genesis Essence as tribute. To be blunt, it was basically a protection fee.

  This matter was one of the running jokes in the sect.

  It just so happened that Saint Genesis Peak usually seeked aid from Sword Cometh Peak.

  “Twenty percent huh…”

  The corners of Kong Sheng’s mouth curled slightly as he said in an offhand manner, “Tell them that we want fifty percent this year.”

  Bai Liche began to laugh. “Saint Genesis Peak’s morale is at an all time high, and they even have a chief disciple now. I’m afraid they won’t agree to these terms.”

  Kong Sheng softly chuckled as a strange expression emerged in his eyes.

  “If so, they will have to depend on that mighty chief disciple of theirs…”

/>   “The waters of the reservoir are quite deep. I’m afraid that the chief disciple they have great expectations of will not be up to the task…”

  Chapter 498 Search for the Stamp

  The sound of a bell echoed across the mountains.

  High up in the sky, sect master Qing Yang and the five peak masters exchanged a look, before descending towards the ground, landing just outside the large ancient hall atop the main peak.

  Zhou Yuan was already waiting here. He hurriedly bowed and cupped his fists together upon seeing sect master and the rest.

  “Greetings sect master and the five peak masters.”

  Sect master Qing Yang kindly looked at Zhou Yuan as he nodded and said, “Zhou Yuan, you are the main reason for Saint Genesis Peak’s reopening. In fact, we should be thanking you.”

  Zhou Yuan hastily said, “As a disciple of Saint Genesis Peak, it is my duty to aid in its reopening.”

  Sect master Qing Yang chuckled, before he looked towards the green jade statue in the hall with a solemn expression and quickly walked forward, the five peak masters hurriedly following behind.

  Six figures stood before the green jade statue of the patriarch and respectfully bowed.

  “It’s been so many years since we’ve seen this statue.” Sect master Qing Yang sighed.

  Peak master Ling Jun stared at the statue. Moments later, he said in a soft voice, “Shall we go ahead and search?”

  The others nodded with serious expressions.

  Sect master Qing Yang took in a deep breath, before he bowed to the jade statue again and said, “Teacher, sorry for the disturbance.”

  The moment his words faded, the figures of the five peak masters disappeared from the spot, before appearing at various locations in the giant main peak. Zhou Yuan immediately felt several terrifying presences spread their senses, searching the main peak inch by inch.

  Sect master Qing Yang remained standing in front of the statue, his eyes lightly shut, clothes fluttering as his senses also spread out. Everything around him was clearly projected in his heart.

  In the face of these six searching hegemons, it was near impossible for anything in the main peak to escape their detection.