Although he deeply desired several of these little Saint Genesis techniques, Zhou Yuan still did not make his choice because none of them had genuinely stirred his heart.
Hence, he controlled his heart, not making any rash decisions as he continued to browse.
Although his progress was slow, he ultimately arrived at the end of the hall. When Zhou Yuan arrived at the final stone pillar, his gaze finally paused.
On the stone pillar before him was a glowing golden ball of light containing a piece of golden paper.
“Giant Spirit God Art!”
Zhou Yuan licked his lips. This little Saint technique augmented one’s body. Once mastered, it could swallow the surrounding Genesis Qi into the abdomen and grow one’s body to a hundred, a thousand or even ten thousand feet. One would become a giant wielding destructive power that could topple mountains and move the sea.
This little Saint technique would be very useful in battle and would substantially raise his combat power if learned.
Zhou Yuan hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath and reached towards the golden page.
His hand grew closer and closer, but something suddenly nudged his mind. He seemed to hear the faint rumble of thunder. His hand stopped, and he turned his head, puzzled. He found another mottled stone pillar.
It baffled him. He clearly remembered that there were only thirty-nine pillars in the hall. When did this pillar appear?
Zhou Yuan hesitated slightly before his feet began to move again, slowly approaching the new stone pillar.
A lightning-like glow emerged from the glowing ball atop it. The lightning was exceptionally peculiar—it was both white and black and gave off a unique aura.
Lightning streaked through the glowing ball as ancient words emerged.
“Yin Yang Lightning Rune?”
...
In a mostly wood-based study, Chi Jing and Mu Ni stared at the mirror before them. Inside the mirror, Zhou Yuan could be seen browsing through the little Saint techniques.
“This little one is quite picky.” Observing that Zhou Yuan had not come to a decision after nearly half a day, Mu Ni could not help but softly chuckle.
Smiling, Chi Jing said, “Aunt Ni, Zhou Yuan’s potential is not bad. Our Tianyuan Region might even see another Law Domain in the future.”
When no one else was around, Chi Jing addressed Mu Ni in an extremely intimate manner. Both parties were clearly very close.
“So optimistic about him?” Mu Ni laughed. Soon after she said, “Rumors have been spreading in the Tianyuan Region that he’s your male companion…”
The corners of Chi Jing’s mouth curled downwards. “It must be that sect master Xuan Kun, that old fogey, is attempting to embarrass me. No need to pay any attention to such rumors. That old fellow took a huge loss recently and can only retaliate with silly tricks.”
Mu Ni said suggestively, “Is that so? I was under the impression that there was some kind of relationship between you two.”
Chi Jing did not even bat an eyelid as she responded, “What kind of relationship could we have? Does Aunt Ni really think that a Divine Dwelling stage practitioner will catch my fancy?”
She remained focused on the mirror as she spoke. When she saw Zhou Yuan reaching towards a stone pillar, her brows raised slightly as she remarked, “Giant Spirit God Art? What a violent fellow.”
However, in the mirror, Zhou Yuan’s outstretched hand suddenly stopped as he suddenly turned towards another stone pillar.
“Changing his mind again?”
Chi Jing was stunned as she looked towards the pillar Zhou Yuan was walking towards. When she saw the black and white lightning, her face could not help but change. “Aunt Ni, why did you put the Yin Yang Lightning Rune there?!”
“Why? Is there a problem? It’s also a little Saint technique.” Aunt Ni smiled faintly.
Chi Jing could not reply. The Yin Yang Lightning Rune was indeed a little Saint technique but it was different from other little Saint techniques. The other little Saint techniques were created by Law Domain stage experts, but this Yin Yang Lightning Rune was created by her master, supreme sovereign Cang Yuan!
Furthermore, supreme sovereign Cang Yuan had not imparted it to anyone. After all, Chi Jing had already stepped into the Law Domain stage by that time and naturally did not need a little Saint technique. Hence, it was handed over to Mu Ni for safekeeping.
Mu Ni had never taken out master’s things before. She had always kept it hidden like a precious treasure!
But why had she placed it in the hall this time?!
The expression in Chi Jing’s eyes rapidly fluctuated as her heart suddenly tightened. She was probing Zhou Yuan!
Had she realized Zhou Yuan’s identity?!
By the side, Mu Ni picked up a tea leaf and gently pinched it between her fingers. She cast a glance at Chi Jing as a superficial smile emerged on her face. “What is it? Why do you seem a little nervous?”
Chi Jing dryly said, “No, why would I be nervous?”
“That’s good.”
Mu Ni lazily leaned back into her chair as she propped up a cheek with her hand. Her eyes seemed to shine with interest as she stared at the mirror and unhurriedly said, “It seems that the little one is quite fated with that old bastard. After all, not anyone can sense the wonders of the Yin Yang Lightning Rune…”
When she said the words ‘old bastard’ the usually kindly clan leader gnashed her teeth.
The corners of Chi Jing’s mouth twitched a little.
She was already certain that Aunt Ni had realized something...
Chapter 901 Yin Yang Lightning Rune
“Yin Yang Lightning Rune…”
Zhou Yuan stared at the flickering black-and-white lightning within the glowing ball. He could sense a strong, heart-palpitating aura from it, a feeling that none of the little Saint techniques had given him earlier.
This little Saint technique was clearly not ordinary.
Zhou Yuan fell silent for a brief moment. He naturally was not aware that the Yin Yang Lightning Rune was created by his master, supreme sovereign Cang Yuan, but that special feeling made him make his choice without much hesitation.
Huu.
He took a deep breath as his eyes revealed a decisive look, and then he reached out and reached for the glowing ball.
Since he was drawn to it, it meant that he and the technique were fated. There was no way he would miss this opportunity.
Zhou Yuan’s hand reached into the ball and touched the black-and-white lightning.
Boom!
Thunder boomed in his head at the moment of contact, causing his mind to ripple violently. He found himself in the starry sky with a figure standing before him. The figure appeared somewhat old, but merely standing there seemed to make the entire sky tremble faintly.
A terrifying pressure spread. Even though it was merely a phantasm, Zhou Yuan was barely able to endure.
He stared at the old figure, and his brows suddenly knitted together. He could feel something familiar about it.
He pondered over this mysterious familiar feeling for several breaths before his eyes abruptly widened. “That is...master Cang Yuan?!”
Zhou Yuan’s eyes seemed to ripple in shock. Who else could that old figure belong to but Cang Yuan!
“The Yin Yang Lightning Rune was created by my master? No wonder it gave me a special feeling!” Zhou Yuan finally understood the mysterious attraction and could not help but wet his lips. He was overjoyed. From what clan leader Mu Ni had said, most little Saint techniques were created by Law Domain stage experts, but the Yin Yang Lightning Rune was created by the Saint stage master Cang Yuan. This point alone made it clear that the Yin Yang Lightning Rune was top tier even among little Saint techniques.
In the starry sky, Cang Yuan’s phantasm beckoned, causing boundless Genesis Qi to gather towards him. Genesis Qi converged towards his palm, slowly compressing into lightning.
But this was merely an ordinary bolt of Gene
sis Qi lightning and did not have any special characteristics.
Cang Yuan slowly closed his hand, and the bolt of lightning began to frantically compress again. It rapidly shrank in size, becoming as thick as a finger in a few dozen breaths.
However, he continued to compress it. When the lightning was finally compressed into a strand, Zhou Yuan felt a sliver of Yang qi slowly spread, dyeing it with a dash of white.
Zhou Yuan was stupefied. Master Cang Yuan’s methods were astonishing. He had turned Genesis Qi into lightning and then forced a sliver of Yang lightning to be born from that attribute-less lightning.
The power of this strand of Yang lightning was definitely several dozen times greater than the initial lightning bolt from before!
However, this was clearly not the end. Cang Yuan’s phantasm concentrated on the Yang lightning. Moments later, his finger cut through the air as countless Genesis Runes took shape. These runes fell like rain, landing around the sliver of Yang lightning.
Countless runes interlinked, forming tiny boundaries around the strand of Yang lightning. They were so complex that Zhou Yuan felt dazzled watching them form.
The boundaries interwove together like layers, making them appear both profound and cryptic.
Zhou Yuan could faintly sense that the boundary layers outside the Yang lightning seemed to possess some kind of special power. However, he was incapable of discerning it because his Genesis Rune mastery had yet to reach that level.
However, he could feel that a faint change was occurring to the strand of Yang lightning within the Genesis Rune boundaries.
In the end, the countless layers of Genesis Rune boundaries were finally complete. Cang Yuan’s phantasm pointed in the air, and the boundaries instantly linked up and ultimately merged with the strand of Yang lightning.
Boom!
It was clearly only a tiny strand of Yang lightning, but a thunderous boom exploded from it.
Deep within the Yang lightning, a sliver of Yin qi was born amidst the strong Yang energy!
The Yin qi grew, and a wisp of black light slowly emerged in the white lightning. The lightning was ultimately split into two halves, black and white interweaving as Yin and Yang were born.
Cang Yuan’s phantasm opened its palm, allowing the black-and-white lightning to rise into the air. It rapidly grew in size, reaching a length of ten thousand feet. Like a black-and-white lightning dragon, it zipped through the starry sky, shattering even space itself with a flash of black and white.
Yin and Yang swirled within the lightning, endless and without end, as if they could generate limitless power.
The Yin Yang lightning seemed to possess a spirit of its own!
Zhou Yuan stared as if intoxicated, his pupils reflecting the black-and-white lightning. Shock endlessly drummed in his heart. The Cang Yuan phantasm’s actions appeared simple, but Zhou Yuan knew just how heaven-defying they were!
This was not an ordinary little Saint technique, but the fusion of Genesis technique and Genesis Rune!
Although everyone knew that Genesis Runes and Genesis techniques were both about utilizing Genesis Qi, they were two completely different paths. One was built upon Genesis Qi, while the other was based on Spirit.
Two completely different existences had been seamlessly fused in Cang Yuan’s Genesis technique. Moreover, it had ultimately created Yin Yang lightning possessing a life of its own!
This was basically equivalent to a miracle.
Rumble!
While Zhou Yuan’s heart was filled with astonishment and amazement, the roaring Yin Yang lightning dragon suddenly charged towards him. In the end, it smashed into his body.
Boom!
Thunder boomed in Zhou Yuan’s heart and mind, but he did not panic and instead sat down. He knew that the Law Domain Source was contained within the Yin Yang lightning dragon, and if he failed to imprint its mark in his body, he would have failed to learn the Yin Yang Lightning Rune!
Hence, Zhou Yuan focused and slowly closed his eyes.
...
In the study.
The corners of Mu Ni’s red lips lifted slightly as she watched the still Zhou Yuan. “Oh! Not bad, to think that he has begun to comprehend the source and has prepared to imprint the Genesis technique mark.”
She tilted her head and looked to Chi Jing with a smile. “Do you know that I’ve given countless talented geniuses the chance to learn this Yin Yang Lightning Rune over the years? But in the end, none of them were able to touch its door. Why do you think this little one is so lucky?”
Chi Jing helplessly said, “Maybe he accidentally stumbled onto the right path.”
Mu Ni snorted. “It doesn’t seem like an accident. It’s because a certain old bastard is biased!
“It’s obvious that only someone who cultivated his lousy Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method will be able to view the wonders of this technique, and yet he had purposely thrown it to me!”
Chi Jing grabbed her forehead.
Completely exposed. Master’s old lover is truly difficult to fool.
Chapter 902 Exposed
On the tenth day after Zhou Yuan arrived at the Thousand Technique Hall, the statue-like figure before the stone pillar suddenly shook, and his tightly shut eyes slowly opened.
His eyes were filled with amazement and ecstasy.
After ten days, he had finally imprinted the Yin Yang Lightning Rune Genesis technique mark onto his Divine Dwelling. Although the process had been difficult, it had gone smoothly.
With a thought, Zhou Yuan submerged his mind into his Divine Dwelling where he found a flickering black-and-white lightning mark. The mark was complex and gave off a profound aura. Even after ten days, Zhou Yuan was still unable to fully decipher its essence.
Fortunately, once the mark was formed, he only needed to continuously polish it with his Genesis Qi and Spirit to gradually bring out its power.
Of course, fully bringing out a little Saint techniques power was not something a Divine Dwelling stage expert, or even a Heavenly Sun stage practitioner, could achieve. Only a Nascent Source stage or Law Domain stage expert would be able to display its true might.
However, even without its full power, a little Saint technique was incomparable to a Heaven Genesis technique.
Countless Genesis Qi stars twinkled in Zhou Yuan’s Divine Dwelling. Starlight sprinkled down, landing on the black-and-white lightning mark. The mark welcomed everything, like a black hole that endlessly devoured the boundless Genesis Qi.
Likewise, the Spirit between Zhou Yuan’s brows also infused and swiftly gushed Spirit power into the mark in his Divine Dwelling.
This was unique to the Yin Yang Lightning Rune. Other little Saint techniques only required the nourishment of Genesis Qi, but the Yin Yang Lightning Rune needed both Genesis Qi and Spirit energy.
Genesis Qi was its Yang, while Spirit was its Yin.
This was the understanding Zhou Yuan had gained over the past ten days. In other words, one needed to fuse Genesis Qi and Spirit power to create this Genesis technique mark. Alone, neither could form the mark.
This technique was basically based on the ideas behind the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method.
“As expected of something my master created. It's so friendly towards his disciples.” Zhou Yuan was deeply moved. He withdrew from his Divine Dwelling in satisfaction and respectfully bowed towards the mottled stone pillar.
The surrounding space began to ripple violently, indicating that he was leaving the hall. He maintained his calm and did not panic.
Space warped as the surroundings changed. A split second later, Zhou Yuan appeared once more in the study smelling of sandalwood.
When he appeared, the two figures in the room cast their gazes towards him.
Zhou Yuan was somewhat bewildered. He could see some helplessness in Chi Jing’s gaze, whereas grand elder Mu Ni wore a baffling smile.
“Zhou Yuan, congratulations on obtaining an excellent little
Saint technique.” Mu Ni displayed a wide grin.
Under Mu Ni’s strange gaze, Zhou Yuan hastily said, “Many thanks to grand elder Mu Ni for your guidance.”
Mu Ni smiled. “What’s there to thank? You should be thanking that master of yours instead.”
Zhou Yuan’s heart shook, but his face remained unchanged as he replied, “My master? My master isn’t in the Tianyuan Region.”
“Then where is he?” Mu Ni smiled faintly.
Zhou Yuan froze for a moment before he forced a smile. “Why is grand elder Mu Ni so concerned about an unknown person like my master?”
“If someone like him is unknown, who in Hunyuan Heaven can claim to be famous?” Mu Ni softly snorted.
Zhou Yuan could only look towards Chi Jing. She displayed an awkward smile and said, “Aunt Ni knows.”
The corners of Zhou Yuan’s mouth twitched. He had been exposed?!
Chi Jing watched Zhou Yuan inwardly crumble as she helplessly said, “She wasn’t certain before, but how can she not be when you obtained the Yin Yang Lightning Rune right before her eyes?”
Zhou Yuan was depressed, realizing that the Yin Yang Lightning Rune was a bait grand elder Mu Ni had set to uncover his identity.
He smiled bitterly inside as he glanced at the kindly looking lady. None of these Law Domain experts were easy to deal with after all.
However, although his identity had been exposed, Zhou Yuan did not lose himself to panic. After all, though Chi Jing’s expression was somewhat helpless, there was no worry in her eyes. She clearly did not feel that being found out by Mu Ni would bring trouble.
“Little one, can you tell us where that old bastard is now?” Mu Ni elegantly picked up another tea leaf as she smiled.
Embarrassed, Zhou Yuan said, “My master is fine but cannot return to Hunyuan Heaven due to certain reasons.”
Mu Ni pursed her lips. Zhou Yuan could tell that her body had relaxed a little, likely due to finally ascertaining that Cang Yuan was alive.
“I know that he is plotting something big and that we can’t interfere.” Mu Ni sighed softly. How could she not know that only forces beyond her understanding could make someone as powerful as Cang Yuan unable to return to Hunyuan Heaven? She did not know what level of power struggle it was, but she understood that she could not interfere until she stepped into the Saint stage.
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