With such a magical Genesis Rune, one would undoubtedly have an advantage in a fight with an opponent of the same level.
The sight of Zhou Yuan’s shocked appearance drew out a rare smile from Ye Bingling as she said, “The Four Spirits Origin Tower is unique even in the entire Hunyuan Heaven. If not for supreme sovereign Cang Yuan’s extraordinary mastery of Genesis Runes, it would be very difficult to create such a magical place.”
Zhou Yuan sighed. “He is indeed very amazing…”
He paused for a moment before he suddenly enquired, “Can someone obtain more than one ancient Genesis Rune?”
Ye Bingling gave a little nod. “Of course one can, but according to the rules, one may only proceed to the other districts after completing the spirit rune of one’s own pavilion.”
“Doesn’t that mean that a person can collect all four runes? How much Genesis Qi would that add?!” Zhou Yuan could not help but ask. At two million per rune, wouldn’t that be eight million with four?!
However, even Ye Bingling could not help but chuckle at his words as she shook her head.
“Tch, brat you think too highly of yourself.”
These words were spoken by the sleepy-eyed elder Wang behind the counter. “Do you think it’s easy to complete a wind spirit rune? You should ask how long Ye Bingling took for her half-complete rune.”
Ye Bingling pursed her lips and said, “One and a half years.
“More importantly, everyone has a time limit in the Four Spirits Origin Tower, which is three years at maximum. Once this limit has been reached, you will no longer be allowed into the Four Spirits Origin Tower.
“In the current four pavilions, only the other three pavilion masters have succeeded in completing a spirit rune. Our Wind Pavilion is rather weak in comparison. In this generation, only Chen Beifeng and I have reached the half-rune level.”
Zhou Yuan was taken aback, somewhat unable to understand. “Why is there a restriction?”
Elder Wang leisurely explained, “When you enter the tower, it will eat some of the vital energy and Spirit power in your body. Only by doing this will it be able to endlessly provide you guys Genesis marks to create the spirit runes.
“From our testing, permitting you guys entry for three years is the limit. Irreversible damage will be done to one’s vital energy and Spirit if one exceeds this limit.
“There is no free lunch in this world. One will naturally have to pay to obtain something.”
Only then did Zhou Yuan understand. So one had to offer up one’s vital energy and Spirit power to the Four Spirits Origin Tower. If this was the case, it was somewhat understandable.
However, there had to certainly be many details and intricacies behind the tower’s workings. It would be impossible for him to fully understand master Cang Yuan’s masterpiece given his current understanding of Genesis Runes.
But it did seem to be quite impossible to create all four ancient Genesis Runes within three years. No wonder Ye Bingling had laughed. She had likely felt him to be overly optimistic.
Even a single complete ancient Genesis Rune would bring tremendous benefits...
“Then…”
Desire burned in Zhou Yuan’s eyes as he lightly tossed the crystal-like coin in his hand. “These origin coins should be required to enter the Four Spirits Origin Tower, right?”
Ye Bingling nodded and said, “After entering the tower, one has to burn origin coins to summon the forces that contain Genesis marks. The more coins you burn, the more Genesis marks you’ll summon. Without any coins, no one will be able to accumulate an ancient Genesis Rune.
“An ordinary pavilion member will receive twenty origin coins per month. As the deputy pavilion master, you’ll be able to collect eighty origin coins every month. If you want more, you’ll have to trade for it with other pavilion members by completing missions.”
Zhou Yuan released a long drawn out breath as he gazed at the glittering coin in his hand. He finally understood why this object had drawn even a smile from the cold Ye Bingling.
Because it truly was such a lovely little cutie!
After Ye Bingling’s explanation, Zhou Yuan was now extremely interested in the Four Spirits Origin Tower. Hence, he made a small little goal for himself...
He would obtain a wind spirit rune!
Chapter 792 Fifth Heaven
Although Zhou Yuan was now very interested in the Four Spirits Origin Tower, he did not immediately rush over to have a look. He had recently joined the Wind Pavilion after all, and there would be plenty of time in the future.
Next, Ye Bingling brought Zhou Yuan to his lodgings. As the deputy pavilion master, he was given a nice little multi-story house of his own. The little house was located halfway up a mountain and was surrounded by mist, giving it a relaxing atmosphere.
Yi Qiushui was an ordinary Wind Pavilion member, but she received some preferential treatment because she was a girl. She was given a nice little cabin that faced the water. It was a peaceful and simple place.
After settling the two of them in, Ye Bingling said her goodbyes and left. Just before she left, however, she made arrangements for them to visit the Four Spirits Origin Tower the next day.
After sending off the two girls, Zhou Yuan had a simple meal before sitting on his bed to begin his daily cultivation.
There were only two months till the pavilion master selection. Within these two months, Zhou Yuan needed to do everything possible to raise his strength.
With a flick, two high-grade Divine Dwelling medicines appeared. He reached out and grabbed one with each hand. As a deputy pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion, he now had a steady flow of Divine Dwelling medicine and no longer needed to be thrifty like before.
As Zhou Yuan entered a state of cultivation, the two Divine Dwelling medicines in his hands began to glow. Countless specks of light swarmed out and poured into Zhou Yuan’s body.
The wall between the fourth and fifth heavens in his Divine Dwelling slowly began to thin under the surging Genesis Qi.
After four hours, Zhou Yuan opened his eyes again as the Divine Dwelling medicines in his hands turned to dust.
“The divide between the Divine Dwelling heavens is finally showing signs of breaking!”
A sliver of excitement surged in Zhou Yuan’s eyes. He had worked on this particular barrier for a long time and had consumed many Divine Dwelling medicines in the process. It was good to finally feel it nearing perfection.
Once he broke the barrier, the fifth heaven would assimilate itself with the other four, providing a substantial boost to his Genesis Qi foundations.
Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and did not give up on the rare chance of a breakthrough. With a wave of his sleeve, a dozen Divine Dwelling medicines appeared and silently hovered around him.
He closed his eyes again as the dozen Divine Dwelling medicines revolving around him began to glow. Countless Genesis Qi light dots spread and flowed into his body through his nose.
The Genesis Qi undulations that spread from his body began to churn violently.
As time passed, the dazzlingly glowing Divine Dwelling medicines slowly dimmed one by one before ultimately turning to dust…
When the final Divine Dwelling medicine disintegrated, the divider between the fourth and fifth heaven in his Divine Dwelling finally shattered.
Boundless Genesis Qi surged forward like a flood in his fourth heaven and poured into the fifth.
A mysterious power rose from the fifth heaven and clashed with the incoming Genesis Qi before rapidly fusing with it.
The fusion resulted in the steady rise of Zhou Yuan’s Genesis Qi foundations.
Genesis Qi boiled in a volatile manner inside the room.
Azure-golden light spread from Zhou Yuan’s body as the roar of a serpent faintly echoed. An azure serpent seemed to coil around his body as it breathed Genesis Qi.
This scene lasted for an entire incense stick of time before slowly dissipating.
Zhou Yuan’s eyes op
ened again, unconcealable joy bubbling from them. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly as he felt the Genesis Qi in his Divine Dwelling.
“My Genesis Qi foundations…should have reached eleven million.”
Before breaking the wall to the fifth Divine Dwelling heaven, Zhou Yuan’s Genesis Qi foundations had been around the eight million level. After assimilating the fifth heaven, he had gained roughly three million Genesis Qi stars.
If Ye Bingling found out about this, she would likely be so astonished that her mouth would hang ajar.
Normally speaking, even a low-grade nine heavens Divine Dwelling owner like herself would gain a million Genesis Qi stars when she unlocked a new Divine Dwelling heaven. In contrast, Zhou Yuan had obtained triple that amount!
More importantly, Zhou Yuan was still at the intermediate Divine Dwelling stage. When he stepped into the advanced Divine Dwelling stage, the higher-level Divine Dwelling dividers he broke would provide him with an even bigger boost in Genesis Qi.
“At this rate, my Genesis Qi foundations will likely reach thirty million when I unlock all nine Divine Dwelling heavens and reach the peak of the advanced Divine Dwelling stage.” Even Zhou Yuan himself could not help but be shocked by such thoughts.
A foundation of thirty million Genesis Qi stars. What kind of concept was this?
Even without using any Genesis techniques, that overwhelming amount of Genesis Qi alone would be able to flatten some advanced Divine Dwelling stage experts!
At this very moment, Zhou Yuan finally felt the benefits of his variant chaos Divine Dwelling.
“I wonder whose Genesis Qi foundations will be greater if compared to Youwei’s legendary ten Divine Dwelling?” Zhou Yuan was quite curious to find out.
However, he soon cast away these useless thoughts.
“Although eleven million is not weak, it is likely unable to match the likes of Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling.” A thoughtful look arose on Zhou Yuan’s face. Though he had yet to see Chen Beifeng or Ye Bingling in action, he could sense from the brief contact with Ye Bingling that her Genesis Qi foundations had very likely surpassed eleven million.
An advanced Divine Dwelling expert with a nine heavens Divine Dwelling was not to be underestimated, even if it was a low-grade nine heavens Divine Dwelling.
Although his cultivation breakthrough had shortened the gap between them, it had not allowed him to surpass them. This was still not enough insurance for the pavilion master selection in two months.
“I’ll go have a look at the Four Spirits Origin Tower tomorrow first.”
Anticipation arose in Zhou Yuan’s heart. He had a feeling that the Four Spirits Origin Tower would not let him down.
…
Early in the morning the next day.
When Zhou Yuan pushed open his doors, he saw three figures standing on the misty cliff ahead of him. The first two were Ye Bingling and Yi Qiushui. He was a little surprised to see the third figure, who turned out to be Liu Zhixuan from before.
Liu Qiushui smiled and explained upon seeing Zhou Yuan emerge, “Liu Zhixuan is also a newcomer of the Wind Pavilion, so he’ll be joining us today.”
Zhou Yuan nodded and smiled at Liu Zhixuan. Although he and Qiu Ling were both disciples of noble clans in the Xiaoxuan Prefecture, Zhou Yuan had a completely different impression of him compared to Qiu Ling.
“I never expected brother Zhou Yuan would become a deputy pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion in the few days since we’ve seen each other. If I had known, I would have tried to flatter you more while we were in Xuanzhou City.” Liu Zhixuan cupped his fists together with a smile on his handsome face.
Zhou Yuan displayed a helpless smile in response to his teasing.
Ye Bingling had not spoken since the beginning; though there was a trace of curiosity in her frosty eyes as she stared at Zhou Yuan. She could feel a faint sense of danger from him.
The Genesis Qi in her body rippled a little, instinctively guarding against him.
One must know that Zhou Yuan was incapable of making her Genesis Qi involuntarily take on such a stance the day before.
Zhou Yuan’s gaze shifted, as he had sensed the minute changes in Ye Bingling. He immediately realized that it was because he had not fully suppressed his Genesis Qi due to his recent cultivation breakthrough, allowing her to detect something.
As such, he quickly composed himself, and the countless dazzling stars in his Divine Dwelling slowly fell quiet.
The faint aura that had been leaking out immediately disappeared.
Ye Bingling’s eyes flashed slightly before she cast a meaningful glance at Zhou Yuan. In the end, she did not remark about it and said, “Let’s go. I’ll bring you guys to the Four Spirits Origin Tower.”
She rose in the air as her voice rang out.
Zhou Yuan, Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan hurriedly followed.
The group of four turned into glowing silhouettes as they left Wind Island, passing through layer after layer of wind as they headed southeast. They saw countless figures along the way who were evidently heading for the same destination.
After half an incense stick of time, a small floating island appeared within their sights.
Countless figures swarmed over from every direction, landing on the island one after another. It was clearly a very popular location.
As they approached, Zhou Yuan could eventually make out a large unique structure hovering over the floating island.
The structure had four corners, each with a giant rising tower. Long stone steps stretched out from the giant towers, meeting at the center where a large circular plaza could be seen.
Ye Bingling pointed at the peculiar structure as she looked towards the Zhou Yuan trio with a faint smile.
“Welcome to the Four Spirits Origin Tower.”
Chapter 793 Plot
The figures of Zhou Yuan and the other three slowly descended, landing on the large circular plaza at the center of the four towers.
There were many restaurant-like buildings on the edges of the plaza from which the fragrance of food and wine wafted out. Many people could be seen walking about the plaza, showing that it was a pretty popular area.
The central area of the plaza was split into many spacious interconnected streets. Crowds of people flowed through each street, and numerous small stalls lined up along each side.
However, the ones manning these stalls were no merchants. From their appearances and the badges on their chests, they were clearly members of the four pavilions.
“Come over and have a look. I have three fresh high-grade Divine Dwelling medicines, and am willing to exchange them for an origin coin!”
“Low-grade Heaven Genesis Weapon, steel devil scorpion blade. Its blade can release the poison of a steel devil scorpion, a domineering poison which can swiftly rot the flesh. Only 380 origin coins!”
“I provide exchange services for origin coins to Genesis crystals. A million Genesis crystals for one origin coin.”
“An incomplete low-grade Heaven Genesis technique, take it away for a hundred origin coins!”
“Scarlet python heart crystal. It can temper fire-type Genesis Qi and is a rare natural resource. Only 300 origin coins!”
“Mythic body pill. It’s a peak quality medicine that can temper the body. Huge discount today, only 80 origin coins!”
“……”
Zhou Yuan stood on one of these streets, dumbstruck as he listened to the endless shouting around him. He had not expected it to be so lively here, and most surprising was that practically everyone was using origin coins as currency.
“Do you know the importance of origin coins in the four pavilions now?” asked Ye Bingling from beside him.
“Origin coins may be worthless anywhere else, but here, it is a treasure that no one can stop thinking about. Only with enough origin coins will one be able to create an ancient Genesis Rune.”
Zhou Yuan could not help but inwardly sigh. He could tell that the members of the four pavilions c
onstantly needed more origin coins and could only try to barter for it or fulfil missions to increase their supply.
By controlling the distribution, the Tianyuan Region was able to control all of the Divine Dwelling stage talents.
Master Cang Yuan’s strategy was truly extraordinary.
“Let’s get going. The wind district is located at the azure tower in the northern corner.” Ye Bingling had let them take in the sights for a while before leading the way towards one of the streets. A long stone bridge soon appeared before Zhou Yuan and the others.
At the end of the bridge was a giant azure stone tower.
Ye Bingling led the trio across the bridge, arriving in front of the azure tower. The tower doors were wide open, but an azure barrier covered the entrance. Figures were constantly passing in and out of the barrier.
Most of these figures belonged to members of the Wind Pavilion. They respectfully cupped their fists together upon seeing Ye Bingling, but they did not even cast a glance at Zhou Yuan as they went on their way.
The deputy pavilion master who had appeared out of thin air was evidently not very popular.
Ye Bingling ignored them and said to the Zhou Yuan trio, “Prepare to enter. Some of your vital energy and Spirit will be sucked away by the Origin Tower when we enter, but it should not affect you guys too greatly.”
After speaking, she led the way and stepped into the barrier. The barrier rippled as her figure vanished inside.
Zhou Yuan, Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan exchanged a look and saw the eagerness in each other’s eyes. With a smile, they also stepped forward and disappeared into the rippling barrier.
When the group of four disappeared into the barrier, several gazes withdrew from a window of a private room in one of the restaurants on the round plaza.
“That kid is the new deputy pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion?” A nonchalant chuckle sounded, originating from a young man in scarlet robes. A smile hung from the corners of his mouth, and there was a frivolous look in his eyes.
“Yes, senior brother Wang Chen. He’s the one who crippled one of senior brother Mo Yuan’s arms. Teacher uncle Gu Xi originally wanted to recruit him into our Heavenly Spirit Sect on account of his talent, but he was too arrogant and rejected teacher uncle Gu Xi’s kind offer.
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