Chapter 228 Apertures (2/2)
It was the power of the Decoder Saint Rune.
The ripple spread, and a few minutes later, Zhou Yuan’s heart violently shook when he saw a strange ripple suddenly pulse from a certain location in his body.
There was no hesitation whatsoever as Genesis charged towards it.
Ch!
The familiar prickling pain was felt as another aperture was opened.
The instant it opened, Zhou Yuan sensed a thin thread of Genesis Qi extended from the first aperture, linking up with the new aperture and establishing a connection.
This phenomenon clearly showed that this was the correct location of the second aperture.
Zhou Yuan’s eyes opened as they rapidly filled with elation. Sensing the first aperture had taken a good half of the day, but with the power of the Decoder Saint Rune, he had drastically shortened the time required.
Moreover, the subsequent apertures would only become harder and harder to sense, but this was clearly not going to be a problem for him.
“The Decoder Saint Rune is just too awesome!” Said Zhou Yuan. Only now did he fully realise how miraculous its power was. With it, he would be able to more efficiently master any Genesis technique he desired, making him far more efficient than others.
A fire began to burn in Zhou Yuan’s eyes as he softly chuckled. “Zhu Yue, I’ll show you that even without your guidance, I will still be able to master the Ethereal Form technique!”
With a deep breath, he closed his eyes again, and began to polish the smoothen the second aperture.
The Decoder Saint Rune could find the aperture locations, but he would still have complete the subsequent processes himself.
Hence, besides being present for the Genesis Mountain training, all of Zhou Yuan’s time during the next three days was invested into the Ethereal Form technique.
As he tirelessly continued to work, a total of 18 of the 108 apertures were unblocked by him in three short days.
The first level of the Ethereal Form technique was fast approaching.
...
However, while Zhou Yuan was immersed in his training, waves were churning in the outer mountains, causing many disciples to be shocked.
The origin of these waves was to everyone’s surprise, the instructors from the rear mountain of the Hidden Scriptures House. These instructors had high status in the outer mountains due to two main reasons. Firstly, they were inner mountain disciples. Secondly, they guided the other disciples in learning Genesis techniques,
However, several instructors secretly spread that Zhou Yuan would be restricted from attending the lectures for the Genesis techniques they were in charge of...
This news caused quite an uproar, numerous disciples feeling pity towards Zhou Yuan. No one had expected him to have stirred up these instructors this time...
With regards to such matters, the outer mountain manager Chen Yuan should have stepped up to put a stop to it. However, he seemed to be ignoring it, causing it to become an extremely hot topic in the outer mountains.
“I heard that Zhou Yuan angered Zhu Yue. Zhu Yue is after all an inner mountain disciples, and has many friends. The other instructors would naturally not risk offending, hence why they’ve declared that they won’t be teaching Zhou Yuan any Genesis techniques.”
“Zhou Yuan is really too arrogant. To think that he even dares to offend senior brother Zhu Yue.”
“Yea, without the guidance of the instructors, what can Zhou Yuan possibly learn by himself? Hehe, if this continues, he won’t be able to perform well in the peak selection ceremony three months later.”
“He deserves it. Let’s see what he can do now that he’s being shut out by all the instructors.”
“......”
Similar whispers spread to every corner of the outer mountains, an indication that the number of gloating people were not few. After all, they were many people who were envious of Zhou Yuan’s first class disciple status.
Hidden Scriptures House, rear mountain.
In a certain hall, Zhu Yue stood with his hands behind his back, while Gu Hongyi, Zhu Feng and the rest of the disciples were seated on mats in front of him, their eyes closed as they tried to sense for apertures.
All of a sudden, Gu Hongyi opened her eyes, happiness flashing across her lovely face as she exclaimed, “I’ve found my sixth aperture!”
The others also opened their eyes, their envious gazes looking towards her.
The scars on Zhu Yue’s face had yet to fully heal. He smiled and nodded. “There’s no need for the rest of you to be envious. Gu Hongyi’s talent is better than yours, so her progress is not surprising.”
The other disciples respectful said with a smile, “Well it’s still thanks to senior brother Zhu Yue’s guidance.”
Gu Hongyu hesitated slightly, before she too cupped her fists together towards Zhu Yue, showing her gratitude.
Zhu Yue seemed to nonchalantly wave his hand, but the pleased look that faintly rose from the corners of his mouth was a little difficult to hide.
With his hands behind his back, he raised his gaze and peered into the distance as an icy smile suddenly appeared on his face.
He wondered how many apertures Zhou Yuan had managed to unblock. It was likely that he had yet to even reach that point, right?
“Zhou Yuan ah Zhou Yuan, you must be regretting it now that there’s no one to teach you, right? Heh, but even if you go down on your knees and beg me now, I will never teach you!”
“Since you’ve offended me, I’ll let you know the meaning of eternal despair!”
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