Chapter 2 Genesis Runes

The inner hall was silent, and the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was difficult to breathe.

Zhou Yuan looked at Zhou Qing who was seated beside him, the latter's normally imposing and imposing face was now filled with helplessness and dejection. Evidently, the matter back then had dealt a huge blow to him.

His own biological son had his fortune seized and his very bones broken by his enemy in front of him, yet he himself was powerless. It could be imagined how much of a humiliation that would be to any father.

Zhou Yuan bit his lips. He was clear about Zhou Qing's personality, if it wasn't for him protecting the hundred million citizens of the Great Zhou at that time, he really would have chosen to burn together with King Wu.

"So this is the reason why my eight meridians were never revealed and why it is difficult to cultivate. This King Wu is truly a vicious method." Zhou Yuan looked at the ball of dark red color that was slowly wiggling in his palm, a look of anger in his eyes.

This King Wu had stolen his fortune and destroyed his holy dragon. He was still not giving up. It was clear that he was still planning to cut off the roots and force the Dragon's Venom to the point where he could die little by little.

Moreover, what angered Zhou Yuan the most was that his mother's vitality was severely damaged because of this, and her lifespan did not even reach ten years.

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, he suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at Qin Yu who was unconscious by the side. Her face was pale, and his heart felt as though it was being slashed by a knife, he asked: "Royal Father, then what about mother? "Her lifespan …"

Zhou Qing was silent for a moment, before he slowly said, "In this world, there are heavenly materials that increase one's lifespan. If you can obtain them, it would be able to extend your mother's lifespan, but …"

After saying that, Zhou Qing laughed bitterly: "That kind of heavenly resource is extremely rare. I have searched through the entire Great Zhou for it, but to no avail."

"Our Great Zhou is not as strong as we were back then. Now that we're in such a corner, we can only barely protect ourselves."

Zhou Yuan clenched his fists tightly. At this moment, he finally understood the benefits of possessing power. If he could obtain power, then no matter how dangerous the desperate situation was, he would be able to investigate and find those heavenly resources that could extend his lifespan.

However, the eight meridians within his body that had remained inconspicuous for a long time left him without even the power to protect himself.

Zhou Yuan clenched his teeth, and said with a low voice. "Royal Father, am I really unable to become a Origin Master?"

His mother had lost her blood essence and lost her life for him. As the son of a human, how could she sit idly by? Furthermore … If the Wu Family did not know about what he had done to their Great Zhou s and to him, then it would be fine. But now that he did, this debt could not be easily resolved.

However, all of this had to be built on the fact that he possessed sufficient strength.

And the group of people who controlled the strongest power in this world was naturally the Origin Master!

Hearing Zhou Yuan's words, Zhou Qing's brows tightly knitted, as if he was muttering to himself. After a long while, he softly asked. "You're really not willing to give up?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head lightly. Although the hardships he had suffered all these years had caused him to suffer, it had also given him a maturity and tenacity that had surpassed his age.

He knew that when the Wu Family rebelled and stole his fortune, the two sides would already be at death's door.

The reason that the Great Zhou was still alive was entirely because of the oath made by the King Wu all those years ago. It could be imagined that once a hundred years had passed, the Wu Dynasty would be the first to massacre the Great Zhou in order to eliminate any future troubles.

Therefore, if he wanted to change this outcome, he had to possess sufficient strength.

Zhou Qing was also somewhat gratified at the firmness that Zhou Yuan had displayed. After a moment of silence, his large hand slapped heavily onto Zhou Yuan's shoulder and he said: "Alright! unwilling to give up so easily, you truly are my, Zhou Qing's, son! Since you have such a wish, then Royal Father will naturally help you with everything he has! "

"Royal Father has a way?" Hearing Zhou Qing's words, Zhou Yuan's eyes immediately lit up, and said in pleasant surprise.

Zhou Qing slightly nodded, then bitterly laughed and said: "Don't be happy too early, because even I am not able to confirm whether this method is effective or not."

"What method?" Zhou Yuan's impatient look finally had the vigor of a young man.

"Three days from now will be the ancestor ceremony. This time, come with me to the ancestral land."

Zhou Qing did not elaborate, but only laughed, and then his voice paused, and continued: "But I also have a condition."

"What condition?" Zhou Yuan was startled, and asked doubtfully.

Zhou Qing said seriously: "No matter if you can open your meridians or not at that time, you must not give up on learning the way of Origin Mark, you must know, if you still do not open your eight meridians, training the Origin Mark, will be your last path, and cultivating to the depths of Origin Mark, might not be impossible to suppress the Dragon's Venom in your body."

In this world, the Origin Master was the mainstream, but it was not the only one. Instead, all hundred flowers bloomed together, opening up many paths.

In this period of time, when his eight meridians were not revealed, Zhou Yuan was practicing the Origin Mark s under Zhou Qing's guidance. After all, many Origin Master s would roughly learn a few Origin Mark s if they had more techniques.

Hearing this, Zhou Yuan lightly nodded his head. He understood the meaning behind Zhou Qing's words, it was that he was worried that if he still did not reveal his eight meridians, he would give up on himself and give up the last path after failing to become a Origin Master.

Zhou Qing nodded his head, his face revealing a pleased smile.

"You rest for a day first. Tomorrow, you will continue to go to Great Zhou Mansion to study. Three days later, I will bring you to the ancestral land."

"Alright!" The youth's voice was filled with anticipation.

Zhou Qing smiled as he rubbed Zhou Yuan's head. Then, he carried the unconscious Qin Yu and walked out of the inner palace with Master Qin.

Zhou Yuan looked at Zhou Qing's back, the normally majestic back view, was now filled with a heart wrenching sense of powerlessness and dejection. He knew that the Royal Father of the past should be full of ambition, but was slowly being worn out by the cruel reality.

And the cause of all this, was the King Wu.

Zhou Yuan pursed her lips, a cold look appearing on her somewhat weak and tender face.

"Wu Family, King Wu... In the future, we will calculate this debt once again! "

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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.