Chapter 557: Brush of Wisdom (1/2)

The Brush of Wisdom.

It's a Divine ranked Spiritual Treasure that not even the Ancestor Zeus could use fully. With it's unknown origins, the Ancestor mostly used it to increase his mental fortitude and to write Writs and Decrees.

The Ancient Elysium Sect had a history of at least millions of years, it was safe to say that this brush had been used by other candidates as well however even with the rich history of the sect, only Ancestor Zeus could use this divine item well.

And now, it found it's way to Raven's hand.

...at least, that's what Raven himself would like to believe but for some reason, he just can't shake the feeling that all of this was pre-destined. Even this very moment that he's holding the brush.

Raven played with the Brush of Wisdom for a little while. He inspected it's design and memorized how it looked just so that he could be more familiar with it. He liked the way how it feels on his hand. It was smooth and quite cool to the touch.

With or without holding the brush, due to him forming a connection to it via blood link, the positive effects of the brush were already active. Nevertheless, Raven had a formidable soul and mental fortitude already anyway so this boost didn't really have that much of an appeal to him. Still, it's quite nice to have.

After inspecting it for a bit, Raven tested it out by injecting his Cosmic Energy onto it.

Once he did, the originally black tip, started changing colors. From black it turned into cosmic dark violet hue with occasional sparks of silver glows. Raven raised a brow was quite surprised with this development. He couldn't be anymore familiar with that energy since that was the same general color of his own Cosmic Energy.

”Hmm...” Raven was in deep thought.

This effect wasn't listed on the scroll. Now that he thought about it, none of the scrolls he saw earlier told any specific instructions on how to use these treasures at all. He's guessing that they're allowing the Chosen to discover it on their own.

”Ancestor Zeus used it to write Writs and Decrees. That's understandable, after all he was born on the time where cultivation was still on it's early days.”

”I wonder if anybody realized that this thing resembles those brushes that Inscriptionists uses to create runes and seals?”

No one might be able to answer this question of his, but Raven already made the connection at his first glance.

Just like what he said, Inscriptionists of all ranks would easily form a connection between the two. There is a similar item on the belongings of full-fledged Inscriptionists which resembles this very brush.

They call it the Rune Carving Brush because it helps them write and create runes with more ease. Some Rune Carving Brushes could even give them the effect of a steady hand, allowing them improve their skills in Runesmithing.

Raven was eager to try, so without further ado, he raised the brush and drew a simple and basic rune. What he draw was a 'Soul' rune, which improves all spiritual aspects of an array of formations. It's one of the most basic runes out there and any Inscriptionists could easily identify this one.

*Weng!*

A soft fluctuation was released once Raven was done creating the rune. The rune was suspended in the air and was releasing some soft humming sounds. Thanks to the color of his energy, the Rune looked quite beautiful.

”Hmmm....” Raven frowned.

He could sense something off with this rune.

Just like what was mentioned earlier, Raven created a very basic rune. He didn't made any kind of adjustments to it or anything, even a beginner was capable of drawing this rune without breaking a sweat. The only one difference should be the color of the rune due to him possessing Cosmic Energy, however Raven sensed something greater than that.

”What is it though?” Raven couldn't wrap his head around it. He could tell that there's something strange with this rune but he can't figure it out for the life of him...

Raven from as he stared at the floating rune in front of him. He thought of many things but dismissed it since it didn't make any sense and it didn't fit. It took him a few minutes before his eyes abruptly widened in disbelief...

”It couldn't be! No! That shouldn't be...” There was a thick disbelief on his voice as he repeatedly tried to deny the idea.

”Hold on, let me test this...” Raven pursed his lips and dismissed the rune he drew earlier.