Chapter 100: Mysterious Rune Sect

Chapter 100: Mysterious Rune Sect

The registration for the Alchemy Competition had ended, which meant that the Blue Spirit Star Palace could not send their veteran Runes Masters.

The young ones had already registered, and if they didn't pay the entry fee, it would be difficult to leave the Runes Hall.

Duan Qian smiled sinisterly, causing the veteran Runes Masters present to marvel inwardly at how the Runes Hall had stood up to the Blue Spirit Star Palace.

Master Wei was delighted because he had the highest chance of winning this competition. His face radiated joy as if he had already obtained the meteoric fire.

He possessed a Platinum Fire martial soul, and if he obtained the meteoric fire, he could advance to Purple Gold.

Other veteran Runes Masters, thinking about this, were deeply worried.

The Runes Masters took out their furnaces and anvils. The young disciples of the Blue Spirit Star Palace all had storage spirit artifacts, indicating their status was far higher than some so-called genius martial artists.

Qin Yun's furnace was undoubtedly the worst, only a half-spirit artifact. Other people's furnaces were at least lower-grade spirit artifacts, and some were even middle-grade spirit artifacts.

This drew waves of ridicule from other Runes Masters.

Duan Qian said, "The competition time is two hours!"

Only two hours!

The people from the Blue Spirit Star Palace stared wide-eyed, seemingly shocked!

Liang Shuojin spoke with a very arrogant tone, "Isn't this competition time too short?"

Duan Qian looked at Master Wei and asked, "Master Wei, do you think it's too short?"

Master Wei frowned, "It is a bit short, but since it's your Runes Hall's rule, we'll follow it."

Duan Qian looked at Liang Shuojin, who looked unconvinced, and smiled, "In previous competitions, the time was only one hour, so two hours isn't short!"

Qin Yun originally felt heavy-hearted, feeling immense pressure. He almost wanted to complain about the time being too short, but then he remembered that this competition was designed for veteran alchemists, so he resigned himself to it.

At noon, several elders from the Blue Spirit Star Palace arrived. They were veteran Runes Masters from the Runes Hall, representing the East, West, South, and North Palaces.

The young disciples of the Blue Spirit Star Palace hurried to greet them upon their arrival.

"You Runes Hall are still as cunning as ever, never changing your ways," an elder from the South Palace harrumphed coldly, taking out a furnace and a hammer. "Both the furnace and hammer are upper-grade spirit artifacts; A-Rong, take them!"

The elders from the Blue Spirit Star Palace took out various high-grade spirit artifacts and gave them to the younger generation, making Master Wei and others envious.

Of course, Master Wei and the others also had excellent furnaces and hammers.

Qin Yun's furnace, however, was the worst, a half-spirit artifact, drawing ridicule from the Blue Spirit Star Palace disciples once again.

"Qin Yun, your talent in runes is quite good. Do you have any interest in joining our Eastern Palace? I am an outer sect elder of the Eastern Palace's Mysterious Rune Sect, named Weng Xiaohua!" an elder approached Qin Yun and asked gently.

Qin Yun noticed that among the participants from the Blue Spirit Star Palace, there were no disciples from the Eastern Palace.

Weng Xiaohua, the outer sect elder of the Eastern Palace's Mysterious Rune Sect, was just here for the spectacle.

"The Mysterious Rune Sect of the Eastern Palace has only you left, and it has been in decline for many years. You don't even have a decent furnace or hammer, yet you want to recruit someone? Besides, Qin Yun only has one lineage, and how far he can go in martial arts is uncertain," an elder from the South Palace sneered.

Weng Xiaohua replied, "Didn't you say before that he couldn't reach the sixth level of martial body? But now he is at the sixth level, and he might surpass you soon."

Another elder sneered, "The inner sect of the Mysterious Rune Sect has no one, and only you, an outer sect elder, barely count as part of it. And you still haven't passed the inner sect examination! Even if you take Qin Yun as a disciple, he will only follow you aimlessly!"

Mentioning the examination, Weng Xiaohua sighed heavily, his face filled with melancholy and pain, then walked out of the Runes Hall dejectedly.

An elder sneered, "This old man's three sons and two grandsons died during the Mysterious Rune Sect's entrance examination. The entrance examination of the Eastern Palace's Mysterious Rune Sect is the hardest and most terrifying, with a survival rate of one in ten. This is why the Mysterious Rune Sect of the Eastern Palace has declined, leaving its precious runes untransmitted."

Qin Yun watched Weng Xiaohua's lonely back, feeling a slight tug at his heart and suddenly having the urge to give it a try.

The Mysterious Rune Sect sounded mysterious, neglected for years, almost sealed away.

But he needed to gain certain strength first, and he planned to consider it after achieving success in the Star Profound Martial Academy.

The competition would take place in the hall, with Duan Qian and several elders from the Blue Spirit Star Palace watching, ensuring no cheating.

Duan Qian began having iron brought in and placed beside each Runes Master.

Each piece of iron weighed a hundred pounds, and each Runes Master had a hundred pieces, looking very rough and piled beside them.

After being forged by the Runes Masters, these pieces of iron would transform into spirit iron, capable of smoothly absorbing internal energy and becoming more resilient.

"The Alchemy Competition begins now!" Duan Qian struck a large copper gong and announced loudly.

As soon as the competition started, the Runes Hall became bustling with activity, with each Runes Master injecting flames into their furnaces.

Good furnaces not only enhanced the Runes Master's flames but also absorbed spiritual energy to further enhance them, or through runes to boost their power.

Some high-grade furnaces could reportedly increase the Runes Master's flames by tenfold!

Qin Yun's half-spirit artifact furnace was only engraved with alchemy runes.

These spirit runes absorbed flames and released even hotter smelting fire, another type of enhancing spirit rune.

Fortunately, he had Purple Gold fire; otherwise, he would have fallen behind even more.

Others, with high-grade spirit artifact furnaces, almost instantly heated the hundred-pound iron blocks to redness and began forging them.

Bang, bang, bang... the sound of hammers striking red-hot iron echoed throughout the hall almost simultaneously!

Only Qin Yun had not yet started, making him realize even more the gap in spirit artifact quality.

Even though his flame grade was strong and the alchemy runes were upper-grade spirit runes, he still fell behind the others significantly.

"Qin Yun frowned inwardly and released his inner energy as flames, injecting them into the furnace with a 'whooshing' sound."

"This method indeed quickly enhances the flames, but it has a significant drawback: it consumes inner energy very rapidly."

"Qin Yun only resorted to this method to avoid falling too far behind, but he does have something to rely on."

"Because he possesses two inner essences and the Nine Yang Divine Soul, he can cultivate his primordial spirit and swiftly absorb Nine Yang spiritual energy into his body."

"Qin Yun is really pushing himself by using inner energy to create flames; I doubt he can maintain this for long. The forging process will also consume a lot of inner energy," an elder from Blue Spirit South Palace said.

"They should be bringing out their flag arrays now!" another elder remarked.

"Liang Shuojin, being the youngest Runes Master, has far less stored inner qi than the others, so he was the first to take out over twenty small flags, arranging them around to form a flag array, enhancing the absorption of Nine Yang spiritual energy. He then took a pill."

"Qin Yun watched enviously. Flag arrays are an exceptionally advanced technique for setting up formations, and their refinement process is extremely complex."

"Not only do the disciples of Blue Spirit Star Palace have flag arrays, but Master Wei and others also possess them."