Chapter 155 – Vermillion Essence Runes (2/2)

Half an hour later all the energy of the pill ceased to exist in his meridians. He did a well converting the surges as they reached his dantian.

Like a needle dropped in a haystack, no trace of energy could be find.

Ye Wei was shocked, dumbfounded. He originally thought that one Sunfire Pill would be greatly beneficial, that it would be enough to enhance his cultivation and fill his diantian with much needed Qi. Ye Wei came to the conclusion that the pill was ineffective because he was oblivious about his dantian being over-sized comparing to other cultivators at his level, that it required an absurd amount of energy to fill up. Hence the effect of the sunfire pill wasn’t noticeable in Ye Wei’s case.

Ye Wei swallowed another Sunfire pill. This time he took more time to refine the pill’s energy, therefore he accumulated a little bit more Qi.

“It seems that one or two sunfire pills have no effect on me and soon I will require more and more pills to be able to sustain my dantian. The perfect solution would be Cosmic energy but it’s not so simple to obtain. I can refine low level stances but the cosmic energy received from them would be minimal. I need to refine higher level’s stances to be able to obtain the needed energy”, murmured Ye Wei angrily.

‘The meridians were restored, but my fractured Sentient will need much more time to heal… But there might still be powerful demons around the city, I am never safe until completely recovered from my injuries.’

Even though Ye Wei’s Sentient was slowly healing it was still not quick enough, and it was very difficult to get pills that would have any effect on fractured Sentients, even the mighty City Lord himself did not possess anything that like it.

‘Oh, maybe I can get it from the Runemaster Union’s inventory!’ The idea flashed across Ye Wei’s mind. He quickly took the Runic Badge out from his bag and began to look for the pills that could aid his current condition.

“Condense Soul pill, Nourish Soul pill, Holy Spirit pill… This is it!” Ye Wei found the category he needed, he looked at the description and figured out his Sentient injury could be healed by just a Condense Soul pill, the more expensive options were meant for cultivators with more dire injuries. He then checked the cost of the item he needed, gasped for air in shock as he found out just one pill will cost him three hundred thousand contribution tokens.

The pill that helps to restore a fractured Sentient was quite rare, as it required a large amount of unique and limited herbs. In addition, these pills usually had no harmful side effects, hence why their value was so high. Condense Soul pill costed three hundred thousand contribution tokens; while the Nourish Soul pill five hundred thousand contribution tokens; and the Holy Spirit pill at six million contribution tokens.

If a Holy Spirit pill is available for a cultivator to take before a large battle or even a war, the Sentient will gain extraordinary strength, making it almost impossible to break. Unfortunately the pill is too expensive, out of Ye Wei’s reach for now.

‘I need to get some of these pills to restore my Sentient quicker, and also to recharge the iron talisman. It saved my life too many times to not have it prepared for another possible dangerous encounter.’

Thinking about the different ways to earn contribution tokens, Ye Wei remembered that he could try and answer some of the questions from the jade wall. The practical problems that rewarded well were unfortunately out of his reach, however he could try himself at theoretical questions. After answering just one question correctly, he already collected fifty thousand contribution tokens.

Ye Wei continued to flip the pages, looking for any question he would be able to try put his knowledge to good use, his eyes widened as one of the questions caught his attention.

“This couldn’t be… Someone submitted a question with a reward of two hundred and ten million contribution tokens?!” Murmured Ye Wei, shocked by the amount of tokens he could get from just one question. “Who would have put it here…

‘It is actually a very simple question!’ Surprise was all over Ye Wei’s face, while he wondered what kind of people would be resourceful enough to offer that much.

‘I can only see basic runes and seals in this rune sequence…’ Surprised to find out what the question was on.

What Ye Wei didn’t take into account is that the runes are way more profound and complicated. The pattern of certain runes can create a basic rune sequence, however every rune can be used differently according to how you pair them together. There were infinite amount of possibilities.

To become a Runemaster, one had to master the runic system, and learn how to make stances but to become a Grand-Runemaster, Runemasters would have to create their own runes, all runes as cultivators knew them, were created by Sages and Grand-Runemasters after years or even decades of research.

Ye Wei looked worryingly at the question, checked every word to make sure he read it correctly.

‘In the ancient book of life, there were a total of sixty thousand runes… What were the seven vermilion essence runes mentioned in the volume? Prove your answer.’