But no matter what Zhou Yuan tried, he was unable to find the four Saint Runes hidden in his body.
So for now, the Saint Runes that he had once relied on were also useless.
And the lack of these trump cards undoubtedly had a considerable impact on Zhou Yuan’s combat strength.
“It seems that I also need to practice in these two months. At the very least, my spirit must break through to Materialisation Stage.” Zhou Yuan’s spirit was currently at the advanced Corporeal Stage and wasn’t far from the Transformative stage. But if he could make a breakthrough, it would greatly help him.
And if possible, he needed to evolve Silver Shadow.
Since coming to the Tianyuan Region, Zhou Yuan had always been on the go and hadn’t been able to find a quiet time to practice. Now that he had met senior sister Chi Jing and joined the Wind Pavilion, he should fully focus on cultivating.
Others might not know, but he knew well that the pavilion master selection in two months was an opportunity that Chi Jing had made for him. Therefore, he had to win the position of pavilion master no matter what.
The three people who were eligible to compete for the pavilion master position had numerous thoughts racing through their minds. The other members of the Wind Pavilion were also extremely concerned about this, but their eyes were constantly flickering between Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling.
“It looks like we’re finally going to have a pavilion master, and if our speculation is correct, it will be either Chen Beifeng or Ye Bingling.”
“Sigh, so what if we have a pavilion master? Our Wind Pavilion has been very weak over the years. Which of the other three pavilions attach any importance to us?”
“Yes, even if the strengths of Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling were placed among the deputy pavilion masters of the four pavilions, they would only be considered average.”
“It’s all because the Heavenly Spirit Sect and the others teamed up to hollow out the Wind Pavilion.”
“The present pavilion master of the Mountain Pavilion, Han Yuan, was also from our Wind Pavilion. In the end, however, he joined the Profound Crystal Clan! What a thankless wretch!”
“Sigh, people always want to rise to higher places. The supreme sovereign Cang Yuan has been missing for many years, and as a result, Lady Chi Jing’s influence in the Tianyuan Region has also been impacted.”
“.....”
Low murmurs and whispers spread out, but the faces of many members of the Wind Pavilion were a little gloomy, as if the many members were thinking of something unpleasant.
On the high platform, Yi Yan frowned and coughed softly, “I have informed everyone of the news, so those who are qualified to compete, please do your best. In two months time, Lady Chi Jing will come to watch the battle.”
When his voice faded, he turned to Zhou Yuan and Yi Qiushui and said, “During this time, you should stay on Wind Island."
Zhou Yuan and Yi Qiushui nodded.
Yi Yan’s figure flashed away and reappeared on the white lion carriage. The white lion sped away with a loud roar.
After Yi Yan left, Chen Beifeng indifferently glanced at Zhou Yuan without saying a word, then turned away.
Many members of the Wind Pavilion also couldn’t help but snicker to themselves. Generally, according to the rules, if there was a new deputy pavilion master, the other deputy pavilion masters would generally greet him. But it was obvious that Chen Beifeng wasn’t very impressed with Zhou Yuan.
While everyone was snickering, they suddenly saw a beautiful silhouette suddenly step toward Zhou Yuan.
It was the famous ice beauty of the Wind Pavilion, Ye Bingling.
Chapter 790 The Division of Nine Dwellings
Ye Bingling walked straight towards Zhou Yuan under thousands of staring eyes. Although she wasn’t happy that Zhou Yuan was appointed by Lady Chi Jing, she at least knew that he had been sent by Lady Chi Jing, which meant they could be considered to be on the same side.
This was perhaps the main reason Chen Beifeng had no interest in talking to Zhou Yuan.
But although Chen Beifeng had ignored him, she couldn’t do that. Although she didn’t have a good opinion of Zhou Yuan, there also weren’t any bad feelings. She didn’t want to see the new deputy pavilion master being treated coldly on his first day.
“I’m Ye Bingling, and welcome to the Wind Pavilion,” Ye Bingling stated indifferently. She swept her eyes over Zhou Yuan and then nodded at Yi Qiushui.
Yi Qiushui also responded with a gentle smile.
Zhou Yuan laughed, “I have already heard of the great name of deputy pavilion master Ye from Lady Chi Jing.”
When Ye Bingling heard his words, the coldness on her beautiful cheeks melted a little. “Lady Chi Jing is so busy, does she still remember me?”
Zhou Yuan nodded seriously.
An extremely rare delighted smile spread across Ye Bingling’s face and then disappeared. But there seemed to be a little more warmth within her eyes, which regarded Zhou Yuan.
“It’s your first time in the Wind Pavilion, so you must not be familiar with this place. I’ll show you around,” she said.
“That would be great, but it will trouble deputy pavilion master Ye,” Zhou Yuan hurriedly replied.
Ye Bingling shook her head. “You have just taken up the post of deputy pavilion master. I will take you to the general affairs building to receive your identity token and salary first.”
Zhou Yuan couldn’t say no.
Ye Bingling was the first to turn around and leave, with Zhou Yuan and Yi Qiushui quickly following behind her.
The other members of the Wind Pavilion were surprised to see the three walking through the square together. After all, who didn’t know about Ye Bingling’s cold personality?—but when she spoke with Zhou Yuan, she had even smiled.
Could it be that deputy pavilion master Ye liked Zhou Yuan?
This inevitably made some people who admired Ye Bingling a little indignant. Although Zhou Yuan was now a deputy pavilion master, he clearly didn’t match Ye Bingling.
“Earning his living through his looks.”
They couldn’t help but bitterly criticise him before they dispersed. At the same time, the news of the new deputy pavilion master also spread.
Zhou Yuan and Yi Qiushui, under the guidance of Ye Bingling, curiously strolled around the Wind Pavilion.
Ye Bingling didn’t say much, but fortunately they were accompanied by Yi Qiushui. The conversation between the two women made the atmosphere much less awkward during the stroll, and the frost on Ye Bingling’s face had melted a lot.
Zhou Yuan simply followed them and didn’t interject. He occasionally looked around, and he seemed very interested in the Wing Pavilion’s unique scenery.
Ye Bingling seemed to have sensed Zhou Yuan’s indifference and asked, “Zhou Yuan, your Divine Dwellings should be some kind of variant, isn’t that right?”
When Zhou Yuan had made a move earlier, she had noticed that Zhou Yuan’s Divine Dwellings were a grayish color and were different from ordinary Divine Dwellings. But Ye Bingling wasn’t too stunned because although variations of Divine Dwellings were rare in Hunyuan Heaven, she had seen them before.
Zhou Yuan nodded with a smile.
“Looks like a variation of seven Divine Dwellings, is that right?
“This is quite impressive already. It’s more powerful than most normal eight Divine Dwellings.”
If it was the variant of five or six Divine Dwellings, it wouldn’t be that special, but variants of seven Divine Dwellings were indeed pretty good.
As for variants of eight Divine Dwellings and nine Divine Dwellings, Ye Bingling had never thought about them before because they were incredibly rare even in the entire Hunyuan Heaven.
Zhou Yuan simply smiled and didn’t explain that his were variants of nine Divine Dwellings. After all, he didn’t like to expose his own foundation.
“Senior sister Ye has nine Divine Dwellings?” Zhou Yuan asked. Earlier, because Ye Bingling and Y
i Qiushui chatted very happily, she had told them to call her senior sister to show their closeness.
“Chen Beifeng and I both have nine Divine Dwellings, but they can only be regarded as nine lower dwellings.” Ye Bingling nodded.
“Nine lower dwellings?” Zhou Yuan was taken aback at first. There were differences in Divine Dwellings? He had never heard of that when he was in Cangxuan Heaven.
Ye Bingling glanced at him with a little surprise. “The divisions of nine Divine Dwellings are ranked as upper, middle and lower grade. I was able to develop nine Divine Dwellings, but it was only a fluke, so my nine Divine Dwellings can only be considered as lower dwellings. They are not as strong as those of the middle and upper grade.”
Zhou Yuan secretly smiled bitterly. Hunyuan Heaven was really enviable. Since even the nine Divine Dwellings were classified so meticulously, there had to be many heaven prides with nine Divine Dwellings for them to come up with such a grading system.
But in Cangxuan Heaven, as long as you opened up nine Divine Dwellings, you would be considered a super heaven pride. Who cared about the upper or lower grade?
Of course, the higher the Divine Dwelling graded, the greater the potential. But when it came to the future, if those with lower-grade Divine Dwellings were resilient, they might not necessarily be weaker.
“Nine lower dwellings are still nine Divine Dwellings, and are much stronger than my eight Divine Dwellings. Is senior sister Ye trying to laugh at me in a roundabout way?” Yi Qiushui smiled faintly.
Ye Bingling said embarrassed, “I didn’t mean that.”
It could be seen that, even though Ye Bingling had a cold and distant personality, she wasn’t as tactful as Yi Qiushui. However, this also made a lot of sense given how Yi Qiushui had managed the entire Yi clan.
And while they were talking, a huge mirror-like lake appeared in their eyes. In the middle of the lake was a blue pavilion. Streams of people were passing by the pavilion, and it seemed particularly lively.
“This is Wind Island’s general affairs building. It’s where you get paid and pick up your assignments every month.”
Ye Bingling led the two across the lake’s stone bridge, into the building and to the counter. Behind the counter was an old man half asleep. “Old Wang, this is the new deputy pavilion master. He came to collect his identity token and salary,” she said respectfully.
The old man, known as Old Wang, rubbed his eyes. He studied Zhou Yuan closely and grinned, “It is said that he was personally appointed by Lady Chi Jing?”
He flung his robe and several items appeared on the counter.
Ye Bingling took one of the golden tokens that were each engraved with a simple ‘wind’ character and ancient patterns on the sides.
“This is your deputy pavilion master token. There is a storm barrier outside of Wind Island. You won’t need elder Yi Yan to escort you in the future. With this token, you can safely enter and exit the island.” She handed the token to Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan hurriedly received the token, which vaguely pulsed with waves of Genesis Qi.
“And that’s your salary for this month. Deputy pavilion masters receive a total of two hundred and fifty high-grade Divine Dwelling medicines.” Ye Bingling then took another small spatial bag.
“Two hundred and fifty high-grade Divine Dwelling medicines?!” Zhou Yuan exclaimed, his eyes lighting up with joy. He didn’t expect a Wind Pavilion deputy pavilion master would be treated so well and could receive so much Divine Dwelling medicines in one month.
This was much more than the Yi clan’s reward!
Ye Bingling shook her head when she saw Zhou Yuan’s delighted look. She passed over another pile of coin-like objects and remarked, “Although Divine Dwelling medicines are good to have, the countless young heaven prides in the Tianyuan Region did not join the four pavilions for these Divine Dwelling medicines.
“It’s for these.”
She lifted her beautiful hand to reveal round coins that appeared to be made of transparent crystal.
Looking at the cute little objects in her hand, even she, who was always cold and distant, revealed a slight smile.
“What is that?” Zhou Yuan was incomparably curious. What could be more attractive than Divine Dwelling medicine?
Ye Bingling flicked her finger. A crystal coin made a crisp sound and then drew a bright arc in midair before reaching Zhou Yuan.
“This is an origin coin, a treasure unique to the four pavilions of the Tianyuan Region.”
Chapter 791 Four Spirits Origin Tower
A glittering coin arced through the air and landed in Zhou Yuan’s hand. He observed it with a face filled with curiosity. The coin seemed to be made from some kind of special translucent crystal. A uniquely designed tower with a dazzling sun above it had been carved into the face of the coin.
“Origin coin?”
Zhou Yuan fiddled with the coin in his hand but was unable to detect any Genesis Qi undulations from it. He asked puzzled, “What function does it possess?”
According to Ye Bingling’s words, this was the object that drew the numerous Divine Dwelling geniuses of Tianyuan Region to the four pavilions?
Ye Bingling shot a strange glance at Zhou Yuan. Was there really someone who did not know about this in Tianyuan Region?
Beside Zhou Yuan, Yi Qiushui softly explained, “At the center of the four pavilions is an extremely special floating island. On the island is a tower known as the Four Spirits Origin Tower, which was personally built by supreme sovereign Cang Yuan.”
“Four Spirits Origin Tower…,” mumbled Zhou Yuan.
“There are four districts in the Four Spirits Origin Tower, the wind district, the forest district, the fire district and the mountain district.” Yi Qiushui softly chuckled. “That’s right, the four pavilions were actually established based on these districts.”
“The Four Spirits Origin Tower is capable of aiding one’s cultivation?” asked Zhou Yuan. Such cultivation areas were not uncommon.
Ye Bingling took over at this point, “It’s no simple cultivation area.
“How do I say this…”
She pondered for a moment before continuing, “Our ultimate goal after entering the Four Spirits Origin Tower is to obtain a Genesis Rune.”
“Genesis Rune?” Zhou Yuan frowned, not really understanding.
“An eternal Genesis Rune.”
Ye Bingling’s lattermost words caused his expression to change drastically, and he involuntarily cried out, “Eternal Genesis Rune?! How is that possible?”
Of course he knew that Genesis Runes could be inscribed on the body to strengthen one’s power. But these Genesis Runes were only temporary, and they would soon fade after being activated.
An eternal Genesis Rune on the other hand...although some of the extremely ancient apex-level Genesis Runes could last eternally, only the highest-tier runes in this world would be able to reach such heights!
But from what Ye Bingling had said, every individual who entered the Four Spirits Origin Tower had a chance of obtaining an eternal Genesis Runes!
This was completely irrational, especially to someone like Zhou Yuan, who was decently versed in the art of Genesis Runes.
“I don’t understand how it works, but the Four Spirits Tower was created by supreme sovereign Cang Yuan after all.
“There are four ancient Genesis Runes inside the Four Spirits Origin Tower, the wind district’s wind spirit rune, the forest district’s forest spirit rune, the fire district’s fire spirit rune and the mountain district’s mountain spirit rune…
“Take the wind district of our Wind Pavilion for example. Astral spirit gales devastate its skies all year round. Inside the astral gales, one’s body and Spirit will feel as if they are being cut by a thousand knives. But if one manages to endure the torture, tiny Genesis marks from the astral gales will be left behind in one’s body. Slowly accumulating these marks will eventually result in a complete wind spirit rune.”
“Is t
he wind spirit rune powerful?” asked Zhou Yuan.
Ye Bingling said, “The wind spirit rune can increase one’s speed when activated, the earth spirit rune can accelerate one’s recovery abilities, the fire spirit rune bestows an explosive power to one’s Genesis Qi, and the mountain spirit rune will greatly amplify one’s toughness.
“But most importantly, these four Genesis Runes will increase one’s Genesis Qi.”
She reached out her right hand. Her hand seemed to gleam as if it were made from white jade, so pretty that one would have to fight the urge to touch it.
However, Zhou Yuan displayed an appropriate attitude; his strong will to survive stopped his gaze from lingering too long. Although he did repeatedly praise the beauty of her hand inside his heart.
Ye Bingling was rather satisfied by his performance. There was likely no lack of men whose ears turned red at the mere sight of her hand. These fellows likely only had dirty thoughts in their heads.
Icy Genesis Qi gathered at her fingertips, and specks of azure light converged towards the back of her hand, ultimately culminating into an incomplete mysterious azure Genesis Rune.
Bzz!
The Genesis Rune flickered as the Genesis Qi on Ye Bingling’s fingertips shot forward. In that instant, Zhou Yuan clearly sensed the stream of Genesis Qi received a certain increase.
“My wind spirit rune is only half complete...however, if we measure it using Genesis Qi stars, it gives me an additional million Genesis Qi stars,” said Ye Bingling.
Although her Genesis Qi foundations were already at the ten million level, a million was still very substantial.
Hss.
Zhou Yuan violently gasped inside, his eyes filled with shock. An incomplete Genesis Rune could give a million Genesis Qi stars?!
If it was complete, wouldn’t that be equivalent to over two million?!
What the hell was this?
Zhou Yuan’s current Genesis Qi foundations had only reached eight million Genesis Qi stars. In other words, the wind spirit rune would boost him by a fourth of his total.
Only now did he finally understand why Ye Bingling had said that the many geniuses of the Tianyuan Region had not flocked to the four pavilions for Divine Dwelling medicine.
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