Chapter 193 – Speed of light (2/2)

The more specialized runic structures Ye Wei learned, the more he gained respect for the Glacial Emperor. It seemed to him that the more he discovered, the more mysterious the strongest cultivator of his time had become.

Ye Wei was starting to understand how the Supreme Falling Star form was able to buffer primal energy more efficiently than other formulas he learned, and he was even beginning to imagine how some of the stance in the hall could be related to how the Sage was able to create a stance to harvest power from belief.

‘I will master all these runes one day! And I will make a name for myself!’ Ye Wei thought to himself as he jumped up into the air, he reached his arm out and grabbed an energetic spark.

“Number eighty-one! This should be the final piece!” Ye Wei opened his eyes, looked at the rune in his hand constantly shifting its shape with a smile on his face.

“Swoosh!” He drew the runes sequence to the Starblink Steps with his right hand while holding the eighty-first extra rune in his left.

“Get in there!” His left arm swiped outwards, shot the rune into the sequence he just drew. The rune was constantly moving, whizzing through air looking for the most suitable position to insert itself under Ye Wei’s guidance.

Ye Wei’s tired eyes lit up, after an hour of putting runes together and taking them apart, his will-force identified the weakest point in the sequence.

All the runes in the newly refined stance brightened simultaneously and lit up the hall.

A surge of Qi flowed through the rune sequence, a long ribbon of glowing star-like energy sparks filled up the runic chamber, it grew into a belt that briefly resembled the milky way.

Triggered by Starblink Steps’ upgrade, another pillar of cosmic energy descended from the heavens, engulfing Ye Wei entirely.

‘It’s technically only a high-level Myst stance but the specialized runes should give it an edge, its effect should be comparable to a low-level Earth stance!’ Ye Wei thought with a slightly twisted, euphoric smile on his face. He knew that he would be able to compete with Lu Qianhuan, or maybe even other returned prime Warriors if the Lu’s decided to send them to Green Moon City.

“It’s a shame I will need a lot more Qi in order to push for nine-star condensed prime level.” Ye Wei shook his head, “I should work on my Sentient, I’ve improved so quickly it has become one of my weaker sides from being the strongest.”

For a sixteen-year-old, eight-star condensed prime level is naturally unreachable, although Ye Wei was the one of the nation’s best young cultivators, the same drive that motivated him was also frustrating him.

‘The Selenic Reveal should be the next to be refined…’

“Offensively I have Selenic Reveal; Starblink Steps for speed, and with the light clone as my safety line, I should be able to deal with whatever the Lu’s are going to throw towards my direction!” Ye Wei muttered to himself, planning to turn a crisis into a self-improvement exercise.

“Speaking of which, I need to work on the clone too.” Ye Wei frowned, not satisfied by how little impact the technique made in his last fight.

‘Only if the clone had the power of a two-star returned prime Warrior…’ He thought to himself as he stood up and walked towards the exit of the chamber, ‘Maybe I should ask Pu Yuan to see if he had any more tips and advices.’

Ye Wei rushed back into the main hall and spoke with the temple’s guardian about his recent encounters.

“Light clone!?” Pu Yuan’s curiosity made him look like a child again. “You have to show me it before I can help you with improving it!”

Ye Wei channeled his will-force, a bolt of starlight shot out of his forehead, became a clone and had taken the shape of its owner within the blink of an eye.

“Your forefather is a genius!” Pu Yuan looked at the light clone in awe, he appeared calm but was just too shocked to show emotionHe once was the Glacial Emperor’s follower, and even he had never seen a technique quite like Ye Wei’s light clone, he could not fully understand how the clone seemed to have its own meridians and Qi flow. “This is the perfect combination of a stance and a formula!”

“So, do you think you can help me improve the stance?” Ye Wei was impatient and needed an answer.

“I am not sure, kid, but this is not just any clone technique, it seemed to be an enhanced version of your mirrored self.” Pu Yuan answered in an uncertain tone, “Like all other stances, it should become stronger as your cultivation becomes higher.”

“That’s what I’ve discovered, it is stronger than it was before my breakthrough just a couple hours ago.” Ye Wei became more frustrated, “My question is, do you think there are other ways the technique can be improved?”

“It is still too soon to judge. Just be patient, you will see soon!” Pu Yuan smiled, patted Ye Wei’s shoulder, “For now you should just focus on breaking through to the returned prime level.”

“Runes and Qi don’t feel pain, even if your light clone only has the power of a one-star returned prime Warrior, it will be able to fight two and even three-star returned prime Warriors as you might already have realized.” Pu Yuan continued, “use it to aid yourself escaping for now, worry about how to fight alongside it when it becomes stronger!”