“Subsequently, even hall master Gu Yan stepped forward, but who could have expected him to suddenly gain Lady Chi Jing’s support? Not only was he not chased out from Tianyuan Utopia, she even made him a deputy pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion.”
An icy snort sounded from beside the young man in scarlet robes. It originated from a familiar individual, Qiu Ling of the Qiu clan.
The man he called Wang Chen was a deputy pavilion master of the Fire Pavilion and commanded very high status. He was quite well known amongst the four pavilions.
Wang Chen chuckled as he shook his head. “Does teacher uncle Gu Xi think our Scarlet Flame Hall is a rubbish dump?
“However, such an ignorant and arrogant fellow should be taught a lesson.” As he smiled, his gaze turned towards another figure in the room. “Isn’t that right deputy pavilion master Chen Beifeng?”
That figure belonged to the deputy pavilion master of the Wind Pavilion, Chen Beifeng.
Chen Beifeng continued to sip his tea with an uncaring expression as he nonchalantly replied, “He’s merely a new deputy pavilion master. The show he put up when he first arrived was rather laughable.”
He glanced to the side at Jin Teng, who had been wearing a stormy expression since the beginning, and said, “You were too careless. He honestly isn’t that much stronger than you, and you didn’t even activate your wind spirit rune…”
Jin Teng’s expression softened a little as he replied, “If I activated the wind spirit rune, it would not have been so easy for him to defeat me.”
Smiling, Wang Chen said, “Think of a way to teach him a lesson. Since he’s entered the wind district, our Fire Pavilion can’t touch him.”
He lazily stretched his body. It was obvious from his attitude that he felt that Zhou Yuan was beneath his attention. If not for teacher uncle Gu Xi, he would have zero interest in keeping an eye on Zhou Yuan.
“Simple.”
Chen Beifeng looked at Jin Teng and said, “I will get Lin Zheng and Wu Dao to accompany you. You three will enter the wind district and secretly search for Zhou Yuan. Dealing with him shouldn’t be a problem for the three of you.
“He just collected eighty origin coins yesterday. It’ll be pretty profitable to rob him.”
Jin Teng was somewhat hesitant. “Robbing a deputy pavilion master is a punishable offence.”
The corners of Chen Beifeng’s lips lifted as he responded, “What’s a little punishment? Moreover, if he really is robbed by you guys, do you think he’ll have the face to tell anyone? A deputy pavilion master robbed by his subordinates, his reputation will be ruined if something like that spreads.
“That’s why he’ll be forced to suffer in silence. You reap what you sow.”
Wang Chen and Qiu Ling could not help but laugh.
“What a devious plan. Haha, a mighty deputy pavilion master being robbed by his subordinates. That will be quite a fall...let’s see how he’ll survive as a deputy pavilion master afterwards.”
Jin Teng gritted his teeth and nodded. Lin Zheng and Wu Dao were powerful lackeys that Chen Beifeng had nurtured and were not weaker than him. If the three of them combined forces, they would definitely be able to deal with Zhou Yuan.
“Alright then, I’ll go make the arrangements.” Jin Teng rose and left with a fierce expression.
Chen Beifeng watched him leave before smiling at Wang Chen. “There’ll be a good show to watch today.”
Wang Cheng smiled and nodded.
Looks like the newly appointed deputy Wind Pavilion master is going to have his reputation sullied before he can even get comfortable.
Chapter 794 Wind District
As Zhou Yuan’s body passed through the barrier, he clearly felt the Spirit between his brows shake slightly as a small portion of Spirit power and vital energy was extracted from him.
A small wave of dizziness washed over him, but he soon returned to normal.
When he recovered, he realized that the scenery before his eyes had changed.
He was now standing on a giant stone stage floating a hundred feet above the ground. A giant barrier flickered behind him as figure after figure stepped out.
This was evidently the wind district of the Four Spirits Origin Tower.
At a glance, the land was filled with barren dark yellow mountains. From a distance, it looked as if giant fingers were reaching out from the ground, giving off a barbaric, ancient aura.
As he gazed upon the wind district, Zhou Yuan suddenly felt a heart-palpitating undulation appear above him. He raised his head, only for his pupils to suddenly shrink.
Dark azure storms coiled in the sky like giant dragons. He could not tell how thick they were, but they reached out in every direction, seemingly infinite and endless.
A faint, indescribable aura of terror spread outward.
“That’s the astral wind stratum.”
Ye Bingling’s voice sounded from behind Zhou Yuan. “Always remember that you cannot fly at too high of an altitude in the wind district. If you somehow fall into the astral wind stratum, even if you were at the Heavenly Sun stage, you will face certain death!—not to mention you’re currently only at the Divine Dwelling stage.”
Zhou Yuan’s heart shivered as he solemnly nodded. From those terrifying undulations, he had no doubts about its power.
As he observed from afar, he suddenly discovered that gusts of dark azure gales would occasionally descend from the wind stratum and shoot through the air like mini tornadoes.
“Those are caused by people burning origin coins to summon astral spirit gales,” explained Ye Bingling. “Let’s split up first. We’ll each find a deserted place to burn origin coins to cultivate.
“Also take note to keep a certain distance from anyone else. The astral spirit gales that are summoned will not recognize the summoner, only the position. As such, it will only create conflict if two individuals burn their origin coins too close to each other.”
After finishing, she wasted no time and used her Genesis Qi to carry her into the air before flying away in a random direction.
Zhou Yuan, Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan did not linger for long either. The trio soon flew off the giant stone stage.
They maintained a low altitude as they flew. Along the way, they saw several figures, each occupying a barren mountaintop. As these figures burned origin coins, gusts of astral spirit wind descended from the sky, making the place seem rather lively overall.
Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan soon found a deserted spot and landed.
With Ye Bingling’s reminder in mind, Zhou Yuan chose a location that was some distance from Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan.
The place he had selected was a mountain valley that was covered in oddly shaped rocks.
Zhou Yuan sat down on a boulder but was not in a hurry to burn his origin coins. Instead, he closed his eyes to adjust his condition. Only when all the Genesis Qi in his body was calmed did his fingers move towards his spatial bag.
A crystal-like origin coin appeared between his fingers.
Zhou Yuan toyed with it for a moment before slowly concentrating.
Rays of light began to blossom from the origin coin. Zhou Yuan felt Spirit power and vital energy surge out from between his brows and body before flowing towards the origin coin between his fingers.
Ch!
A white flame emerged from the origin coin and quickly engulfed it.
“So I have to use vital energy and Spirit power to burn the origin coin.” Zhou Yuan’s eyes flashed in thought.
The coin burned, turning into spiralling azure smoke that rose into the air.
Zhou Yuan curiously looked up. After the coin burned for a few dozen breaths, an azure tornado began to descend from the azure wind layer above.
The azure tornado was about a foot wide and four feet long. From a distance, it looked akin to a flying blue python.
The azure tornado pounced directly towards the location of the burning coin.
Zhou Yuan hurriedly focused in anticip
ation.
The azure tornado made from astral spirit wind arrived with a roar, directly swallowing Zhou Yuan’s figure. Sharp astral winds began mercilessly slicing across his body.
Slice slice!
Bloody cuts instantly appeared on his body.
Zhou Yuan’s face immediately contorted in pain as he gasped. It felt as if a thousand knives were cutting his body, bringing unbearable pain.
This was not the worst of it. The astral winds burrowed into his body through these wounds and wreaked havoc within him. Even with his mental fortitude, Zhou Yuan tightly gritted his teeth as his body tensed in pain.
The astral wind brought intense pain, but Zhou Yuan slowly endured it. He began to sense something mystical being left behind as the astral spirit winds cut his body…
It was extremely faint and would be very difficult to detect if not for Zhou Yuan’s Spirit constantly scanning every part of his body.
With a thought, Zhou Yuan’s Spirit senses spread throughout his body, and he soon discovered several tiny azure specks of light flowing about in his flesh.
These light dots gave off a mystical rhythm. They were no stranger to Zhou Yuan, because they were the building blocks of every Genesis Rune, Genesis marks…
However, these Genesis marks were far more graceful, elegant and ancient than the ones Zhou Yuan could currently draw.
“Are these the Genesis marks of the wind spirit rune?” mumbled Zhou Yuan to himself.
The astral spirit wind tornado lasted for approximately ten minutes before fading away.
Zhou Yuan opened his eyes and extended his right hand. Ten azure light dots appeared on the back of his hand. These were the Genesis marks he had obtained from the astral spirit wind earlier, but this amount…was not even a thousandth of a complete wind spirit rune.
“To think that Genesis marks are so difficult to obtain…” After experiencing it for himself, Zhou Yuan finally understood why Ye Bingling only managed to achieve a half-complete wind spirit rune after more than a year.
“The astral spirit wind is also quite harmful to the body. An ordinary person will likely be incapable of enduring consecutive sessions.” Zhou Yuan chuckled as he glanced at the wounds on his body. This was not a problem for him.
Life energy spread from the Taiyi Green Wood Mark as boundless vital energy flowed through his body. In a mere dozen breaths, the wounds on his body rapidly healed at a rate that could be seen with the naked eye.
Zhou Yuan had already realized that vital energy and Spirit power were crucial in the wind district. They were required upon entry and were indispensable as fuel to burn the origin coins.
Even if one had sufficient origin coins, an ordinary Divine Dwelling stage practitioner would not be able to burn coins without worry if one’s Spirit and body had not reached the required standard…
However, Zhou Yuan could easily escape such restraints.
The Taiyi Green Wood Mark could provide him endless life energy to create vital energy, while his Spirit had reached the peak of the Corporeal stage and was very close to the Transformative stage. His Spirit cultivation could be said to far surpass his peers.
The three requirements of the Four Spirits Origin Tower—vital energy, Spirit power and origin coins—Zhou Yuan had a huge advantage in two of them.
With a soft chuckle, Zhou Yuan patted his spatial bag, and five gleaming origin coins appeared in his hand. Vital energy and Spirit power surged out and ignited the coins.
As the five coins turned into azure smoke, Zhou Yuan felt a small tinge of pain in his heart.
He had realized that at this rate, he would spend all 80 of his origin coins in less than five days.
He had vital energy, he had Spirit power, but he didn’t have origin coins!!
The heavens are so unfair…
Why do you have to do this to me?
Zhou Yuan sorrowfully watched a large astral spirit wind tornado descend from the sky as this question surged out from the depths of his soul.
Chapter 795 Strange Disturbance in the Wind Stratum
Wooo!
The sound of howling wind spread across the land.
In a valley dotted with oddly shaped rocks.
A large azure tornado coiled around a boulder like a giant python. Deep gorges had been engraved into the ground by the astral winds.
Zhou Yuan’s figure was silently sitting on the boulder. Every gust of astral wind drew blood when it swept past his body, causing him to tremble for a moment.
The astral spirit wind continued to rage for two entire incense sticks of time before dissipating.
After the astral wind faded, a dark green glow emerged from Zhou Yuan’s skin. Life energy surged as his wounds began to close.
He opened his eyes and extended his hand. The number of swimming green dots on the back of his hand had reached a hundred. However, he had paid 20 origin coins to create these hundred dots of Genesis marks…
If Ye Bingling knew Zhou Yuan had squandered away 20 origin coins in less than a day, even someone like her would be unable to stop herself from cursing at him.
One must know that one would usually not exceed three origin coins per day while cultivating in the wind district!
Even Ye Bingling’s maximum was eight origin coins. Once she surpassed this number, the vital energy and Spirit power in her body would reach their limits.
Only after recuperating for a night would she be able to carry on.
It was only with the Tiayi Green Wood Mark and his peak Corporeal stage Spirit that Zhou Yuan was able to achieve a feat of 20 coins in a single day.
However, after burning these 20 coins, even Zhou Yuan felt the Spirit between his brows begin to dim.
Zhou Yuan’s finger gently massaged his throbbing head, a sign that he had used too much of his Spirit.
“Vital energy consumption is no issue with the Taiyi Green Wood Mark, but the amount of Spirit exhausted is quite substantial.” A thoughtful look arose on Zhou Yuan’s face. Although his peak Corporeal stage Spirit was stronger than most people’s, it was not without its limits.
As he felt the lethargy from his Spirit, Zhou Yuan chose not to continue. Instead, he closed his eyes and began to cultivate the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method to recover his Spirit.
Rumble!
The darkness of primal chaos filled his surroundings as an endless divine grindstone appeared from the void. It revolved with almighty power, turning everything into nothingness.
Under the mottled divine grindstone, Zhou Yuan’s Spirit entered a cycle of being pulverized and reconstructed.
Zhou Yuan slowly immersed himself in this training.
Rumble!
However, Zhou Yuan suddenly heard a strange noise from the outside world. The sound resonated with the divine grindstone in his mind, alarming him as his eyes shot open.
However, the valley was completely empty, nothing out of the ordinary.
Was it his mistake?
The expression in his eyes fluctuated indeterminately. His gaze flickered slightly in thought before he closed his eyes and began to circulate the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method once more. However, he was more vigilant this time.
The divine grindstone rolled across space with a loud rumble.
The noise from the outside world seemed to emerge again from a very deep, unknown place, resonating with the divine grindstone.
Zhou Yuan abruptly opened his eyes as his gaze jerked towards the endless dark azure wind stratum high up in the sky. His expression changed slightly. The sound had originated from deep within the wind stratum?!
Moreover, he seemed to feel something beckoning his Spirit from deep within the wind stratum.
Zhou Yuan’s eyes rapidly flickered in thought. Soon after, his Spirit emerged from between his brows and seated itself above his head before beginning to circulate the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method.
With his Spirit now outside his body, Zhou Yuan immedia
tely discovered that the resonance from the wind stratum had grown much stronger.
“There seems to be a change in the wind stratum?”
Zhou Yuan suddenly discovered a faint change in the dark azure wind stratum. A tiny tornado had formed at a certain spot, seemingly creating a small passage.
With astral spirit wind continuously descending from the wind stratum, almost no one noticed this change.
However, Zhou Yuan was rather shocked and a little frightened by this discovery. When the tiny wind tunnel formed, he felt his Spirit begin to drift upwards towards it.
It wanted to enter the wind tunnel?
Zhou Yuan’s expression turned solemn. He knew how terrifying the wind stratum was and even his body would be easily torn to shreds if he got too close, let alone his Corporeal stage Spirit.
However, he had a faint feeling that he should go.
“The Four Spirits Origin Tower was created by master Cang Yuan, and so was the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method. It is not inconceivable for these two things to resonate.”
A thoughtful look emerged in Zhou Yuan’s eyes before ultimately being replaced by resolution.
He did not believe that the Four Spirits Origin Tower created by master Cang Yuan would show any hostility towards someone who cultivated the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method.
“Let’s find out what this is all about!”
Since he had made his decision, Zhou Yuan no longer hesitated, and closed his eyes. The Spirit above his head opened its eyes. It cast a glance at the body below it before rising into the air.
Although his Spirit was concentrated, it had actual substance, and it began merging with the air. Without using Spirit power, even someone nearby would be hard pressed to discover its existence.
In addition, Zhou Yuan was in a desolate area, making it even harder for him to be discovered.
Zhou Yuan’s Spirit swiftly rose into the air and soon neared the dark azure wind stratum. At this close proximity, he began to grow very cautious.
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