Chapter 2 Genesis Runes (2/2)

The next day.

When morning arrived, Zhou Yuan was escorted by a group of guards out of the palace, directly towards the northwest region of the Great Zhou City, where the Great Zhou Mansion resided.

The so called Great Zhou Mansion was something that Zhou Qing had personally ordered to be established a few years ago, and was using the experts in the army as instructors, so when the Great Zhou Mansion was recruiting, it did not care about status, even if it was a commoner, as long as they had talent, they would still be allowed to enter the Great Zhou Mansion to cultivate.

All these years, the Great Zhou Mansion had groomed many talented people for the Great Zhou, which was why his position was getting higher and higher, so even Your Highness was only learning here.

At the entrance of the Great Zhou Mansion, it was heavily guarded, the armored guards strictly inspecting the identity tokens of all those who entered, but of course, Zhou Yuan did not need to follow the order, it was likely that no one in the Great Zhou City would not recognize him.

”We pay our respects to Your Highness!”

Therefore, when Zhou Yuan appeared at the main entrance, the guards respectfully bowed to him.

”Your Highness.” There were even many students of the Great Zhou Mansion s coming and going, all of them smiling at Zhou Yuan with a sense of respect.

Zhou Yuan also returned the greeting with a cupped fist. He knew that the majority of these students were commoners, so their respect for him was mostly because he, Royal Father, had established the Great Zhou Mansion, giving the commoners a chance to improve their position and change their fate.

Great Zhou Mansion, Western Courtyard.

In a spacious and bright church, there were many neatly arranged desks. In front of the desks, many youths and young girls were kneeling. The atmosphere was quiet.

In front of a desk in the first row, Zhou Yuan was also peacefully kneeling down. On top of his desk, there was a shiny jade board and a dark red long pen was lying on the side.

The brush looked like it was made of red jade and the hair on its head was made from the softest hair on the belly of the Flame Rat.

If one were to talk about the most important thing in inscribing Origin Mark, then everyone would say three words: Origin Brush.

All the Origin Mark needed the Origin Brush as a medium to be able to draw out the profound Origin Mark, and from then on, draw out the Origin Qi of Heaven and Earth, and release the greatest amount of power.

Therefore, the importance of Origin Brush goes without saying. Without Origin Brush, no matter how high your attainments in Origin Mark, I'm afraid the might of the Origin Mark that you inscribe would be reduced a little.

Zhou Yuan held the red jade Origin Brush in his hand, and his gaze was looking at the front. There, a middle-aged man lecturer was lecturing in a calm tone.

”The so-called Origin Mark, as a guide, gathers the tip of the brush and sketches the outline of the Origin Scar. Every single stroke, must use the Divine Soul as ink, so the Origin Mark that is drawn can only then move the Origin Qi of Heaven and Earth.”

”All of you must remember, when you draw the Origin Mark, you must not have any distracting thoughts, and transform the Origin Brush in your hands into a part of yourself. Only then will you be able to gather the Divine Soul at the tip of your brush, and do as you wish in one breath.”

”…”

”Next, continue practicing the three Origin Mark s that I taught you a month ago. I hope that someone today will succeed in completing one of them.” After the lecturer finished his explanation, he spoke.

Many of the boys and girls had bitter expressions on their faces. Just because they were practicing the Origin Mark, although it seemed simple, every time they practice, they would cause the Divine Soul to lose energy and feel a sense of fatigue.

”Hmph, what are you howling for? The three Origin Mark, Bull Mark, Light Body Mark and others that I taught you are only at the entry level.” Hearing these wails, the middle-aged lecturer also fiercely reprimanded, his voice full of hatred for this failure.

When the many youths and young ladies saw the instructor's anger, they shrunk their necks and did not dare to make a sound. After which, they all picked up their Origin Brush and began to inscribe on the jade board in front of them.

Zhou Yuan also smiled slightly, holding the Origin Brush in his hand, he focused, the surrounding noise was immediately blocked out, his heart was as calm as a quiet lake, he stared at the bright jade board, in between his brows appeared a faint light, following that, the tip of the Origin Brush also started to shine with a weak red light.

Zhou Yuan lowered his brush and the tip of the brush slowly drew across the jade board, leaving behind many complex Origin Scar s. These marks that looked like the horns of an antelope emitted a certain charm, and when they were completely combined together, it seemed to possess a certain kind of mystical power.

Every single Origin Mark was formed from more or less a combination of Origin Scar. Generally speaking, the more Origin Scar they had, the stronger their grade and power would be.

What Zhou Yuan was drawing right now was one of the three Origin Mark s. It was just a beginner level Origin Mark with hundreds of Origin Scar, but if one wanted to perfectly draw the hundred complex Origin Scar, it would obviously need a lot of practice.

The tip of Zhou Yuan's brush was like water as it silently flowed, without any stagnation, and had a sort of flowing beauty.

During this year, because the eight meridians in his body had not been revealed, he spent almost all of his time learning Origin Mark. Thus, on this topic, his foundation was much deeper than the other students.

Of course, the most important thing was that he could sense that his Divine Soul should also be stronger than ordinary people. The root was broken, but fortunately, it did not harm his Divine Soul. Presumably, he was too young then, and the Divine Soul had not appeared yet, so he avoided a calamity.

The tip of the brush flowed, and after a few minutes,'s slender hands gently swiped down, causing the jade board in front of him to suddenly release a ray of light.

”Good, not bad, the mark is complete, it is the work of a god, this Iron Skin Mark, can be considered a success.” Right at the moment when Zhou Yuan was finished, an admiring laughter came from the side.

Zhou Yuan raised his head, only to see the instructor standing beside him without him noticing, and looking at the Origin Mark on his jade board with an appreciative smile.

The other young boys and girls in the church all raised their heads and looked at Zhou Yuan, their eyes filled with amazement. Some of them had not even finished writing, yet Zhou Yuan had already succeeded.

The lecturer was in a much better mood as he lamented to the students, ”If all of you were able to learn so efficiently, how great would it be?”

When the many young boys and girls heard, they all laughed and shook their heads. His Highness Zhou Yuan was obviously rather talented in this area, how could he expect everyone to be this efficient?

However, a strange laughter suddenly sounded amidst the laughter of the crowd.

”Hehe, the lecturer's words are wrong, our main focus is more on opening our meridians, so naturally we cannot be like His Highness Zhou Yuan who is fully focused on studying Origin Mark, if not, wouldn't we be going all out?”

This laughter was somewhat ear-piercing and immediately caused the entire church to become quiet. Numerous gazes followed it.

Zhou Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked over. Not far away, he saw a young man in silk clothing was looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, and was lazily revolving the Origin Brush in his hands.

The smile on his face carried a hint of mockery.