Chapter 81 – Interspatial Runes (1/2)

Chapter 81 – Interspatial Runes

Everyone saw Ye Wei was leading Hong Xun and Xue Yao over to the four enormous crystal pillars, so they followed; nobody was paying attention to Lu Chao as he was still shocked and glued to the floor.

Although everyone hated Lu Chao, nobody wanted to pick a fight with him now because he still had four scrolls in his hand.

Ye Wei quietly stood before the four massive pillars. He raised his head and frowned as he inspected the crystal pillar. Xue Yao and Hong Xun were acting like his bodyguards standing close to him on his left and right respectively.

With a lot of unanswered questions regarding the treasures, everyone else stood a bit further away and looked curiously at the three.

‘What’s with these crystal pillars? Are they booby trapped?’

While the cultivators were confused and theorizing, Ye Wei slowly extended his arm in from of the crystal pillar and placed his hand on it. After a murmur, he took his hand back and walked up to another pillar to repeat the process.

After inspecting all four crystal pillars, Ye Wei gently took a deep breath and nodded thoughtfully as he turned towards the crowd.

“These are spatial runes repository that contain treasures hidden in each of the pillars. The treasure you saw were a projection of what is inside these spatial runes. The person who set this up made it so the treasures stored the runes were projected into the chamber. Considering everyone’s strength, you should be able to break the pillar at the front easily.” Then he pointed to the two pillars further in the back and said, “These two pillars will be a bit harder to break, but Hong Xun and Xue Yao should be able to handle them. As for the last pillar…” Ye Wei paused and sincerely looked over the crowd. “The fourth one here is tougher than the jade crystal wall; it cannot be opened by force!”

“You guys can break these three pillars open and then share whatever treasures are inside of the interspatial runes as for the last pillar, I will deal with it. If I am lucky enough to break it open, I will take everything that’s inside, any opinions?” Ye Wei said in a modest tone.

Ye Wei could feel the four sources causing a great Qi disturbance even before entering the chamber. After having inspected the pillars where the energy was coming from he could tell that it was because of four interspatial runes and the vast amount of treasures stored within them.

‘The fourth pillar, the one at the back, feels like a high-grade interspatial rune.’

Ye Wei’s words shook them, and everyone suddenly was surprised. Their eyes lit up, and they stepped forward a few steps for a closer look.

“There are what in the pillars?”

Spatial rune repositories were very rare. Only Runemasters, who had mastered the complex interspatial rune system, were capable of inscribing these magical symbols. It was said in legends that the highest grade interspatial runes could even hold a whole city!

Ye Wei used three medium-grade scrolls to get the cultivators out of a deadly situation, and now he had opened the jade crystal wall that was impenetrable to everyone else. Without him, all the cultivators wouldn’t even know where the real treasures were hidden.

If it weren’t for Ye Wei, there wouldn’t be treasures to share or lives to live. Asking for a quarter of the treasures seemed reasonable to everyone.

“I do not want any more bloodshed. Ever since I stepped into this labyrinth, all I’ve seen was fighting and conflicts. So many lives were lost for stupid and selfish reasons. I only have one requirement. No matter what is stored in those repositories, you guys can not fight each other for them; instead, you are to distribute them according to your cultivation levels. It’s not exactly fair, but it is as close as it gets!”

Everyone looked at each other and realized it was the fear of death that made them kill each other!

“If you agree then swear to the cosmos; make a heavenly oath not to fight each other! Only after will teach you how to crack open these pillars!” Ye Wei exhaled gently and requested with a friendly smile on his face.

Hearing Ye Wei’s touching speech, everyone was looking down thinking back to how excessively aggressive and ruthless they have been. The fire was no longer in their eyes; instead, it was replaced by a gentle solemness.

Ye Wei was the only person here who knew the repositories existed. He could have very well waited until everyone left the chamber and then took all the treasure for himself, but he decided against it. The cultivators recognized his generosity. They could not imagine what kind of family he was from, and how well he was brought up!

A few of the Warriors raised their heads and made an effort to memorize Ye Wei’s face and swore to themselves that if the opportunities arises to repay him in the future, they would do so no matter the cost.

“I swear on the heavens.”

“I also swear on the heavens!” After a brief moment of silence, everyone raised their heads and looked at Ye Wei with the utmost respect.

Soon all the cultivators followed. If they were to break the oath then the wrath of the heavens, the will of the cosmos, would strike down and render them asunder. Throughout the history of time, there wasn’t one soul that challenged this powerful oath to the heavens and survived.

Seeing that everyone made a vow, Ye Wei felt relieved. After all, there really were a great many treasures stored within these four repositories. After having used up all three offensive scrolls he was given, he was not confident in surviving if another brawl were to break out.

Treasures in the three lower-ranked repositories were to be shared between a few hundred, and Ye Wei had one repository all for himself. He was very satisfied with the arrangement.

Greed was not a respectable trait in Ye Wei’s eyes, and he wouldn’t be greedy. If he were to act greedy who knew what the other cultivators would do?

After telling others where the pillars’ weak spots were, Ye Wei walked over to the pillar at the back.

Hong Xun and Xue Yao watched Ye Wei’s silhouette. Their eyes were bright, and they were amused by how Ye Wei, this fourteen year old, had handled the situation even better and fairer than they, themselves, could have.

“Let’s break the first pillar!”

Hong Xun led everyone to the first crystal pillar. They had all made a heavenly oath and therefore were very relaxed as they knew no one would dare break it.