Cult of the Sacred Runes

Chapter 200 - Heritage

The Sigil glowed in a noble shade of lilac.

"Helians!?" The patriarch furiously leaped forth from his seat and grabbed it as it twinkled.

His hand clenched into a fist and crushed the sigil into pieces, the message it carried was directly injected into his Sentient.

The rage he felt twisted his face and bulged up the veins on his arms.

“Little Fan, tell the council not to touch the Ye family, there will be consequence if just one hair on Ye Wei’s head is missing. Anyone who does anything to the Ye’s will be executed.” The old man’s long white brows arched up, his voice had a sizzling undertone.

Lu Fan’s was shocked to hear the harsh, contradicting order, looking at the patriarch in frustration.

“Your wish is our command.” The youngster nodded reluctantly, dared not reason with the enraged old man.

“You should think about training in the field from now on. You should be able to handle most missions we have available now that you mastered the fire clone technique.” The Patriarch flicked his finger and shot a golden fire bolt at Lu Fan’s forehead. “ Pay the Huyan’s a visit, bring them all the information we have on the Drakehead. Show them the mark on your forehead and they will know I sent you.”

“Understood!” Lu Fan touched his forehead and bowed respectfully. He was doubtful about the decision but he didn’t show it. He bowed again as he walked out of the gate.

“Helian! The Lu’s can’t touch you but we know people who can!” The Patriarch murmured as soon as he was alone again, “We will be blameless if the Huyan gets rid of Ye Wei...”

The elder chuckled grievously, drowning in vengeful thoughts.

***

Ye Wei was lying unconscious in the center of the underwater palace at the Drakehead. His eyes were shut, his organs, bones, muscles and skin were heavily damaged, destroyed in the explosion. If it wasn’t for the Supreme blood in his veins, he would have died together with Lu Qianhuan.

“You dumb little kid, didn’t they teach you to think before you act!? You could have notified me, Lu Qianhuan was just a three-star returned prime Warrior, I could have dealt with him even before he pulls off the suicidal move.” The Helian Grand Elder shook his head while looking at Ye Wei.

The corrosive energy of the lotus would have killed most ordinary folks, and it was still lingering on Ye Wei even it had been days since the explosion.

“He is lucky to be a Ye. His blood is continuously healing him.” Helian Jieyuan kept his hands on Ye Wei’s back, supporting the young Runemaster’s vitals with his own Qi.

“Just a bit longer. His blood should neutralized the residue toxicity.” Helian Jieyuan had no way to counter the lotus’ energy, the only thing he could do was supporting.

“He is going to gain more than he lost.” Helian Jieyuan could visualized the Qi flow in Ye Wei’s body, could clearly see that the youngster’s Qi was compressing, that the Qi flow was strengthening the youngster’s body as it was being repaired.”

“Without the lotus’ stimulation his blood will not even be activated. When he eventually wakes up, he will be a lot stronger...” The royal sighed and muttered. “Just sixteen but already an eight-star condensed prime Warrior, two-star returned prime level clone and he has Supreme blood in his veins.”

“He is also sitting on the Glacial Emperor’s knowledge and treasures. I wonder what I would have become if I was as lucky as he is. Hahaha!” Helian Jieyuan was feeling slightly jealous but understood Ye Wei’s rise will be for the greater good.

The healing power of the Supreme Blood continuously worked against the lotus’ toxicity, the runes in Ye Wei’s blood were slowly catching up with the rate his body was decaying.

Although Ye Wei was not practising a body strengthening stance, his physical form was enhanced by abnormally rapid healing process, his body strength was now comparable to even the strongest opponents he fought.

In the Grand Elder’s eyes, it was only the matter of time before Ye Wei reached his own cultivation level.

‘I’ve wasted enough time.’ Helian Jieyuan thought to himself as he sat himself down and focused on his own body.

Supreme Yu Palace was the Drakehead’s core, being in the sacred halls meant that Ye Wei’s Qi flow was sped up more than a hundred times its normal speed. However, the source of the freezing energy that could turn even Ye Wei to a piece of solid ice if it was not for Helian Jieyuan’s aid.

Three days had passed in the blink of an eye. Ye Wei finally woke up after the lotus’ toxicity was completely digested by the power in his blood.

“My body...” Ye Wei gently clenched his fist, the energetic strength woke him up.

“What happened to me!?” He exclaimed in disbelief. Not only was he prepared to die for the city, he was certain that his life actually ended when he lost consciousness.

Ye Wei froze in confusion, his mind was absolutely blank.

“Kid, are you awake or still dreaming?” Helian Jieyuan stood up and walked towards Ye Wei with a smile on his face.

“That’s it! It was you!” The royal Grand Elder was the missing centerpiece of Ye Wei’s memory, the young Runemaster had a sudden moment of clarity. “You appeared out of nowhere right before the explosion!”

Ye Wei looked gratefully at Helian Jieyuan and thought, ‘You saved my life, healed my injuries and strengthened my body...’

“I owe you too much!” Ye Wei went on his knees and thankfully nodded. “I will dedicate my life to the Helians. If you need me to do anything just let me know and I will get it done or die trying!”

“Kid, you can take that back for now. I stopped the lotus exploding, but I did not stop the lotus from killing you.” Helian Jieyuan said laughingly. “Don’t just thank me for you being alive. You lived and your body strengthened to one-star returned prime level because of the Supreme blood in you.”

The royal wore a cryptic smile on his face, amused by how confused and clueless Ye Wei actually was.

“Supreme blood?” Ye Wei did not get much out of Helian Jieyuan’s vague words, he therefore closed his eyes, channeled his will-force to investigate his body’s state.

The young Runemaster could feel the small, powerful portion of his blood was resting in his Sentient, and that quite a large sum of runes were detaching from the pool of golden fluid.

The runes Ye Wei could feel were separated from the Supreme blood during the healing process, after absorbing the toxins.

‘I have always suspected there is a stance somewhere in those ten thousand runes in that little pool of blood...’ Ye Wei closed his eyes and felt the connection between the loose runes, ‘I can already see how my theory can be true!’

‘Supreme Ye Yu must have left the runes in his blood so the Ye’s could someday rediscover it!’ The young Runemaster felt euphoric, like a child who figured out how to run for the first time in his life. ‘It can’t be just any stance if it’s hidden so well...’

“That doesn’t make me any less grateful! I would have been killed if you didn’t intervene!” Ye Wei looked at Helian Jieyuan right in the eyes and said.

The Grand Elder smiled and nodded, greatly appreciated Ye Wei’s humbleness and modesty at such young age.

“Sir, I can feel a powerful stance in my blood. Would you mind watching over me in case my Qi flow gets out of control?”

“Of course.” Helian Jieyuan nodded and sat down to cultivate, filling the room with his will-force so he could monitor Ye Wei while focused on his own training.

Ye Wei also crossed his legs and sat down to study the runes further.

“This is a spectacular body enhancement stance!” the young Runemaster’s will-force was soon able to rearrange the runes in his blood into a more refined structure.

To become a sage, one must transcend their life energy to a higher level through a Heaven stance they created, the failure of the Supreme transcendence will cause the cultivator’s soul to slowly disintegrate in the course of ten years.

The Eternal Star was a Sky stance created by Supreme Ye Yu for the transcendence, after the failure he spent the rest of his life to infuse the runes of the stance to his eldest son’s blood.