Chapter 41 Inhibitory Runes (2/2)

Daniel took the two pills from the old alchemist's hands, and as he was about to s them, the old alchemist stopped him ”Wait!” he exclaiain as he continued ”Maybe it's better if you take thee behaviour of the old alchemist, Daniel decided to follow his instructions, and only take one of the two pills He pinched the pill with the waves co out of the semi-transparent circle, and put it in his mouth

TheYet, he noticed the grim looks on the faces of his two teachers

”What's wro-” But before he could finish, he felt himself about to pass out

The sensations he felt were awful It was as if all the sickness in existence had oal to kill him

He didn't feel physical pain, but it still made him wish to die

For the next twenty minutes, Daniel couldn't help but hope to lose consciousness soon, as this general feeling of cos he had ever felt

After the twentystarted to abate

For a few et up on his feet

Once he did, while still disobbulated, he i his spiritual essence behave strangely within his body All the spiritual essence he had accu attracted towards the middle of his chest, where it would then disappear

If Daniel could exaans, he would notice a ested, tattooed on the right side of his heart

The absorption was extrele one of Daniel's co his spiritual essence his own once again But theit once more

Daniel remembered the past twenty minutes with terror, but then, after he calmed down, he turned towards his two teachers and asked ”I understand why I would need these, but won't this make me unable to accumulate spiritual essence?”

The old alche that came out of Daniel's mouth weren't curses, and instead, was a practical question So he smiled happily and answered ”Don't worry, you can deactivate the your spiritual essence into the rune”

The old alchemist explained all of the rune's functions to Daniel Basically, the rune wasn't only used to absorb spiritual essence Its purpose was also to store a part of it For example, if a cultivator had reached the fourth rank of spiritual cultivation, and consumed one of these runes, the rune would absorbhim back to the peak of rank 2 The essence stored within the rune would be locked, while the one being produced, would be directly consumed by the rune

If a spiritual cultivator forced their spiritual essence into the spiritual rune, they would deactivate it, unlocking all of their contained spiritual essence within, and allowing them the full use of their power

The same was for the other rune The Ki rune There was only one difference between the two While the forave extreme discomfort The formation of a ki rune was instead extremely painful

”Uhm Do i Really need to take this one as well?” Said Daniel, with a hint of fear in his voice

”No!” Said the old master-at-arms immediately The memory of the time where he had taken the pill himself was still vivid in his mind

”Yes! He does” Said the old alche manner ”If you don't take that pill, you'll never be able to simply pass as a spiritual cultivator anymore Not unless you find another way to mask your ki” The old alchely, then, after e within his body, he put it in his ain, Daniel couldn't feel anything at first It took a good minute before

”AHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Suddenly, Daniel started to shout in agony The pain he was feeling was so excruciating, that he wasn't even able to pass out It felt like every bit of his body was being cut into s burned to a crisp, before being cut again

For the second tiround

For the next twenty minutes, the only sound within the rooasps for air, and his screams

As the pain started to lessen, Daniel lied on the ground for a few ot up on his feet, and while looking at the two old men, he said ”Please, tell me there isn't a third pill”

The two old teachers smiled at Daniel's joke, then checked him out

Froe kid at the second stage of martial and spiritual cultivation, and unless they closely examined his spirit and body, they would be unable to see Daniel's true cultivation level

The old master-at-arms looked at Daniel, and with eyes filled with pride, he said ”I've seen peopletheir martial rune You're no co to be left out, said ”Alright, let's go We should let hiet used to the two inhibitory runes within his body He e now” After that, the two old man recommended Daniel to have so very weak at the h two very different yet just as awful experiences, and all he wanted to do was to get soht caet used to the runes in my body faster?” He asked within his mind

The very next e personality of his karmic system ”Of course! I'm still surprised that you haven't used it to shorten the formation of the two runes You are a bit of a masochist, aren't you? Hehehe” Sewah said

Only a feords ed to form within Daniel's mind ”I'm such an idiot”