Dragon Prince Yuan c1-1251

by Translator: Yeow

  Chapter 803 Mark Capturing Rune

  Of the Wind Pavilion’s eight commanders, if Jin Teng was included, four of them were Chen Beifeng’s people, two were Ye Bingling’s, and two were neutral.

  Chen Beifeng controlled four seats of the eight great commanders. This was also the reason for his strong foundation in the Wind Pavilion. But no one thought that, after some twists and turns, he would lose three of the four commanders. The loss was definitely disastrous.

  On the other hand, Zhou Yuan and Ye Bingling had put their seal on the newly appointed commanders, and coupled with Ye Bingling’s original two commanders, they now controlled five of the eight great commanders, which was undoubtedly stronger than Chen Beifeng’s previous forces!

  Therefore, after the commander selection ended, Zhou Yuan’s and Ye Bingling’s voice in the Wind Pavilion had become louder.

  But some calm people didn’t get involved because they knew that the current power and voices weren’t true. Once Chen Beifeng won the pavilion master selection the next month, this so-called fame and power would, like a castle on the beach, be wiped out by the sea and turn to nothing.

  The commander selection wasn’t important. Only when one obtained the position of pavilion master could one gather real crushing power.

  Therefore, more and more people in the Wind Pavilion involuntarily focused their eyes on Chen Beifeng and Ye Bingling; only those two had good chances of winning the pavilion master selection. As for Zhou Yuan, in truth, many people just thought of him as Ye Bingling’s ally and didn’t feel that he had the qualifications to compete with Chen Beifeng.

  In many people’s eyes, without Ye Bingling’s support, Zhou Yuan would have most likely been completely suppressed by Chen Beifeng.

  Therefore, to know who has the final say in Wind Pavilion, they would have to wait for the pavilion master selection the next month for the thrilling contest between Ye Bingling and Chen Beifeng.

  In an elegant room of the restaurant in the Four Spirits Origin Tower, Wang Chen, the deputy pavilion master of the Fire Pavilion, looked at Chen Beifeng and, knowing about the Wind Pavilion’s commander selection, sneered, “That kid is troublesome.”

  He then comforted, “But you don’t need to get angry. When you win the pavilion master selection a month later and become the Wind Pavilion’s pavilion master, Zhou Yuan and Ye Bingling will no longer be a threat to you. At that time, if you want revenge, there are many ways to make them miserable.”

  Chen Beifeng’s face darkened. “I’m not worried about the pavilion master selection. It’s just that seeing Zhou Yuan jumping up and down like a monkey makes me feel sick.”

  “Hmph, if he didn’t have Ye Bingling’s protection, I would have already found a reason to cripple him!”

  Thinking of Zhou Yuan, even Wang Chen had a trace of coldness flash through his narrowed eyes. “I really don’t know where that kid is from. He simply doesn’t know the immensity of the sky.”

  Thinking of the day Zhou Yuan had made him lose face in public, he felt an obstruction in his heart, and he gritted his teeth in hatred.

  Wang Chen rubbed the teacup with his palm and sneered suddenly, “Actually, it isn’t difficult to teach that kid a lesson. Doesn’t he want to win people’s hearts in the Wind Pavilion? I have a way to make him miserable.”

  “Oh?” Chen Beifeng looked at Wang Chen. Although in his view the things that Zhou Yuan had done could be sorted out after he became the pavilion master, it would indeed save him some energy if Wang Chen had the means to suppress Zhou Yuan in advance.

  Wang Chen smiled slightly. “In fact, it’s very simple.”

  He held out his palm and placed a jade bamboo slip inscribed with Genesis runes on the table.

  Chen Beifeng took a look and asked, puzzled, “This is the Mark Capturing Rune produced by your Fire Pavilion?”

  When training in the Four Spirits Origin Tower, the burned origin coins could attract objects similar to the astral spirit wind, which contained Genesis marks. But in truth, almost less than half of the Genesis marks contained in the astral spirit wind drawn over remained in the body. The rest were scattered with the wind.

  This undoubtedly resulted in a reduction in the efficiency of gathering Genesis marks.

  But the Mark Capturing Rune produced by the Fire Pavilion could slightly make up for the loss. As long as the rune was imprinted on the body before origin coins were burned, the Mark Capturing Rune would form a mysterious net in the body that would capture Genesis marks when things like astral spirit wind passed through the body.

  It was estimated that a Mark Capturing Rune could last for an hour and increase the number of Genesis marks left in the body by about 20%.

  That 20% shouldn’t be underestimated. If accumulated over a long period of time, the number of Genesis marks could reach an astonishing level.

  Therefore, the Mark Capturing Runes sold very well in all four pavilions. The members of the Fire Pavilion were also treated much better than the other three pavilions. After all, one Mark Capturing Rune cost half an origin coin, and they were sold in pairs.

  The other three pavilions had thought of ways to copy it, but the Mark Capturing Rune was extremely delicate and once disassembled, would automatically break down, making it difficult for people to know its principle. So over time, the Mark Capturing Rune became unique to the Fire Pavilion.

  Wang Chen fiddled with the jade bamboo slip with a smile. “Our Fire Pavilion can give you the selling rights of the Mark Capturing Rune in Wind Pavilion. In the future, if the people of the Wind Pavilion want to buy the Mark Capturing Rune, they can only buy it from you. As to what conditions you should set for buyers, you must know already?”

  Chen Beifeng’s eyes lit up. “You mean not to sell to people supporting Ye Bingling and Zhou Yuan?”

  “Haha, it’s not that you don’t sell it. After all, no one refuses to accept origin coins, but you can treat them differently. You can charge your people the original price, and double the price for their people.” Wang Chen grinned.

  “Do you think that it is better to please Ye Bingling and Zhou Yuan or to have more origin coins? I don’t think it’s hard to decide.”

  Chen Beifeng also couldn’t help laughing. “So, it won’t be a few days before the people’s hearts garnered by Ye Bingling and Zhou Yuan fall apart! If the two try to forcibly stop them, they will instead anger them.”

  He gave a thumbs up to Wang Chen and exclaimed, “Brother Wang’s move is certainly going to make things difficult for them.”

  Without using force, Wang Chen’s move could make Ye Bingling and Zhou Yuan extremely uncomfortable, like a caterpillar stuck in a spider web.

  “In the face of absolute power, their little tricks have no significance.

  “I didn’t intend to do this, but that Zhou Yuan is really annoying. If I don’t teach him a lesson, people would really think that I, a deputy pavilion master of the Fire Pavilion, am just a decoration.” Wang Chen chuckled.

  Chen Beifeng raised his wine cup to Wang Chen. Although the plan had yet to be implemented, he could already imagine the ugly faces of Zhou Yuan and Ye Bingling and couldn’t help but grin.

  “I’d like to see how that kid is going to cope this time!”

  Chapter 804 Wind Island’s Situation

  Four Spirits Origin Tower, wind district.

  Zhou Yuan looked at the Wind Spirit Rune flashing an azure color on his arm. It was already 40% complete. If other people were to see this speed, they would have been ecstatic, but Zhou Yuan seemed a little troubled.

  This was because he had already used up more than 300 origin coins.

  And there were still three days before the next month’s pay!

  In other words, for the next three days, he wouldn’t be able to come to the wind district to practice again, and even if he received next month’s salary, it would only be 80 origin coins. Given his consumption speed, it would most likely be used up in a few days.

  The lack of ori
gin coins had become Zhou Yuan’s biggest constraint.

  Zhou Yuan in the end could only let out a long sigh. He stood up, and his figure streaked across the air. Without any origin coins it was useless to stay any longer in the wind district.

  Zhou Yuan left the wind district and the Four Spirit Origin Tower and headed straight for the Wind Pavilion.

  Zhou Yuan returned to Wind Island but noticed that the atmosphere was somewhat strange. Many people wore an anxious expression, especially when they saw Zhou Yuan, and their expressions turned a little complicated, their gazes becoming evasive.

  Zhou Yuan ran his eyes over those slightly familiar people and frowned slightly.

  His footsteps halted suddenly when he saw a group of people not far away. The leader was Jin Teng, who seemed to be advertising something. When Jin Teng saw him, a gloating expression immediately surfaced on his face. Then he left with the group of people in a great mood.

  What happened? Zhou Yuan thought to himself and then quickly rushed to the small building.

  And when he reached the small building, he stood stunned for a moment because he saw three figures standing in front of the building. They were Ye Bingling, Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan, all with solemn expressions on their faces.

  “What’s going on?” Zhou Yuan quickly darted forward.

  “Zhou Yuan, you’re finally out!” Yi Qiushui exclaimed when she saw Zhou Yuan. “Something big has happened!”

  “Slowly tell me.” Zhou Yuan tried to calm her down.

  Ye Bingling came forward, her beautiful face covered with frost. She explained, “Today, the Fire Pavilion announced that they will temporarily transfer the selling rights of the Mark Capturing Rune in the Wing Pavilion to Chen Beifeng. If the people of the Wind Pavilion want to make a purchase they will have to ask Chen Beifeng. But Chen Beifeng has let out word that anyone who supports you and me will have to pay double the price; otherwise, they won’t sell to them!”

  “Mark Capturing Runes…,” Zhou Yuan uttered. He had heard about these objects, but hadn’t used them much before because he possessed a Spirit of the Transformative stage and his efficiency of absorbing Genesis marks was better than others. The Mark Capturing Rune might have a 20% increase effect on others, but for him, it was probably less than 10%.

  Of course, he also understood that he was only a special case and that not everyone was able to bring their Spirit to the Transformative stage while in the Divine Dwelling stage.

  More ordinary people needed Mark Capturing Runes to improve their efficiency, so he was well aware of its importance to others. It could be said to be a necessity.

  The price of a Mark Capturing Rune was half an origin coin, and they were sold in pairs. The price didn’t seem too high, but after long-term use, it would become a huge consumption. According to speculation, a normal person would spend about five origin coins every month to buy Mark Capturing Runes. How many people were there in the Four Pavilions? Adding it all up, it was undoubtedly a pretty terrifying number.

  So if the price was doubled, it would undoubtedly become a huge burden for the average person.

  Chen Beifeng’s move was indeed ruthless and was, obviously, a fierce counterattack against Zhou Yuan’s recent action.

  “It’s that Wang Chen?” A cold light flashed in Zhou Yuan’s eyes. Only the deputy pavilion master Wang Chen of the Fire Pavilion had the right to transfer part of the sellings rights to Chen Beifeng.

  Ye Bingling nodded, her brows scrunched in worry. “Mark Capturing Runes are very important. This matter has just come out, but it has already caused a commotion in the Wind Pavilion. Many people are very dissatisfied, but they can’t do anything. In the long term, it would no doubt affect the people’s heart.”

  Although Ye Bingling now had many supporters, she was not blind. There was no way she could let everyone who supported her gain even one extra origin coin a month. However, the people who supported her now would suffer the loss of five origin coins every month.

  Perhaps a very small number of diehard supporters would grit their teeth and persist, but the vast majority would choose to leave because this was the human heart.

  If this situation were to continue, even if Ye Bingling really defeated Chen Beifeng the next month and won the pavilion master position, the situation would still be a little awkward.

  Zhou Yuan also understood the seriousness of the matter. He scrunched his brows and asked, “Who made the Mark Capturing Rune?”

  “It was the Fire Pavilion’s deputy pavilion master Zhu Liang, the true number two of the Fire Pavilion, and he’s second only to the Fire Pavilion’s pavilion master, Lu Xiao.”

  Ye Bingling’s pretty face was full of jealousy and seriousness when she said, “Although his strength is only at the initial Divine Dwelling stage, his Spirit has already reached the Transformative stage. He is very skilled in Genesis Runes and all the Mark Capturing Runes produced by the Fire Pavilion are made in his hands.”

  Zhou Yuan was somewhat surprised. In the four pavilions, besides him, there was someone who could cultivate their Spirit to the Transformative stage? The younger generation of the Tianyuan Region was indeed impressive.

  “Do you have any Mark Capturing Runes on you?” Zhou Yuan asked.

  Liu Zhixuan immediately took out a few jade bamboo slips.

  Yi Qiushui’s beautiful eyes flashed. “You, do you intend to reproduce the Mark Capturing Runes?”

  Ye Bingling shook her head. “It’s no use. Mark Capturing Runes are the foundation of the Fire Pavilion. Once disassembled or detected, the Genesis Runes will automatically break down. It has been tried before.”

  “I will first observe it to see if I can find anything. Mark Capturing Runes might not be exclusive to only the Fire Pavilion,” Zhou Yuan said after pondering a while.

  In the previous moment, when he had calculated the number of origin coins that the Fire Pavilion earned from the four pavilions each month, he couldn’t help feeling tempted. He didn’t expect to find such a profiteering business from the four pavilions.

  If he could have even a small piece of the pie, the origin coins earned would be able to fully satisfy his consumption.

  He was originally having a headache about how to obtain a stable source of origin coins, but the Fire Pavilion’s actions had made him pay attention to the little Mark Capturing Runes that he had overlooked.

  Ye Bingling felt a little helpless when she saw Zhou Yuan’s unwillingness to give up; she knew very well the importance of the Mark Capturing Runes to the Fire Pavilion. Over the years, the reason the Fire Pavilion had been able to attract many heaven prides to join was because of their salary. And where did the salary come from? It was all earned from the Mark Capturing Runes.

  So towards this important product, they had done an excellent job of keeping it secret.

  At this moment, she thought Zhou Yuan was doing something useless.

  Zhou Yuan smiled. He knew he had to give Ye Bingling, Yi Qiushui and the others a little confidence, so he stretched out his palm, and an invisible flame rose in his hand.

  “That’s...”

  Ye Bingling’s beautiful eyes froze, and then she exclaimed, “Spirit flame? Your Spirit has also reached the Transformative stage?!”

  Yi Qiushui and Liu Zhixuan both stood dumbfounded. In these four pavilions, even if there was an expert of the advanced Divine Dwelling stage, they wouldn’t cause a stir, but it was incredibly rare to find someone with a Spirit of the Transformative stage. They didn’t expect Zhou Yuan, who had never revealed his Spirit before, to have quietly reached this state!

  “I also have made some accomplishments in Genesis Runes.” Zhou Yuan grinned.

  “So let me study it a little first. If I can figure something out, it will not only deal with Chen Beifeng’s scheme but may also bring huge benefits to our Wind pavilion in the future.”

  Ye Bingling and the others looked at each other and eventually nodded. They had no other option.

  Yi Qiushui he
sitated and then finally said through gritted teeth, “Then you...should try it first. The situation in the Wind Pavilion, we will try to stabilise it as much as possible, but you should also know that we may not last for long.”

  Zhou Yuan simply smiled at them and didn’t say anything more. He took the Mark Capturing Runes and turned into the small building.

  Watching his figure disappear inside, Ye Bingling and the others looked at one another and then let out a long sigh. In truth, even if Zhou Yuan possessed a Spirit of the Transformative stage, it still wouldn’t be easy to solve the problem. After all, there had also been people from the four pavilions with Spirit of the Transformative stage before, but in the end nobody was able to unravel the mystery of the Mark Capturing Rune.

  Chen Beifeng’s counterattack this time was indeed so fierce that it was difficult to withstand. If Zhou Yuan doesn’t make a breakthrough, their previous efforts would all be wasted.

  Chapter 805 Derive

  Zhou Yuan sat quietly on the bed, fiddling with the jade bamboo slip engraved with the Mark Capturing Runes in deep thought. A moment later, Spirit light suddenly glowed in the middle of his brows, and a wisp of Spirit power silently penetrated the bamboo slip.

  However, as soon as the wisp of Spirit power entered, it triggered a very sensitive reaction. A subtle power erupted from the bamboo slip, and within seconds, the Genesis Rune on the scroll rapidly faded like melting snow.

  “The self-destruct setting is so sensitive.”

  Zhou Yuan’s eyes flashed, but he wasn’t too surprised. After all, this was only his first attempt. If it were that simple, he would find it even more unbelievable.

  He crushed the jade bamboo slip and took out another Mark Capturing Rune.

  Zhou Yuan directly shattered the bamboo slip against his chest, and suddenly a beam of light erupted out, gradually forming a bizarre Genesis Rune on his chest.

  The Genesis Rune penetrated right into his flesh and blood, and streams of light spread around to form a strange network, like a cobweb at a glance.