NABC Chapter 886: The First Rune
Chapter 886: The First Rune
Chapter 886 The Second Rune
The next morning.
The rising sun lit up the jungle that had been silent all night. Walking into the depths of the jungle towards the sunshine, different scenery kept coming into view.
"Ixuoken has the best group of gardeners." Qiana walked beside Ji Xing, still with a little pride on her face.
The magical attack last night did not seem to defeat the 'Queen of Elements', and she was still looking for Ixoken's superiority from other places.
"They used their finest craftsmanship to build the canopy of Ixtal, so that outsiders would never discover our city and protect us from the poison of your machines."
"Indeed." Ji Xing nodded: "If I hadn't caught you by chance, I wouldn't have discovered that there is a city hidden in this dense forest."
Crunch—Qiana gnashed her teeth and wanted to refute Ji Xing, but she didn't know how to open her mouth.
Ji Xing stopped teasing her and looked into the distance, saying with emotion, "It's so beautiful."
Even though he had traveled to so many worlds, Ji Xing had rarely seen such a combination of natural scenery and cities. The wonders of nature and the meticulous construction of mankind were combined to create a city that could be called a wonder.
I saw treetops of various colors stretching out as if they extended to the end of the sun. The tallest towers protruded above the treetops, dazzling, angular, and meticulously crafted, looking more like a magic city than the Noxus Academy of Magic.
A combination of classic and modern, a fusion of nature and humanity. As you get closer, the grand center becomes more and more spectacular.
Seeing Ji Xing's sincere admiration, Qiyana looked slightly satisfied and said, "The outside world, which has been poisoned by war and industry, is certainly not as good as Ixtal, especially places like Piltover and Zaun, which are full of noise and pollution."
As they approached the north gate of Isooken, she became a little confused and added, "You should be the first outsider to visit Isooken in the past few hundred years. I guess the elders will not welcome you too much. If you are expelled by those old-fashioned guys, don't blame me for not reminding you.
After all, I am only the future Queen of Elements, so I have to give those elders some face now."
"And... well, we have agreed on how to explain what happened yesterday. I happened to meet you in the jungle when I was hunting, and seeing that you knew some unique spells, I brought you to Ixuokun!"
Jisung smiled and nodded.
"What are you laughing at?!" Qiyana was dissatisfied: "Yu, Yu is doing this for your own good, for the sake of the barbecue last night... If people knew that you had knocked Yu unconscious with a sneak attack, you would definitely be arrested!"
“Well, thank you.” Ji Xing said casually.
"you……"
The two of them walked into the north gate of Ixokon with friendly exchanges, and all kinds of colors and sounds instantly made the world come alive. There were naughty children running back and forth, chasing the caretakers behind them, and behind them were vendors, beauticians, fortune tellers and craftsmen.
Qiyana's hard-soled boots made crisp sounds as they stepped on the stone road. Returning to her own city, the little girl stood straighter.
Her tall figure of nearly 1.7 meters at the age of 15 or 16 really made her look like a queen.
She wore no robes to indicate her status, but as the tenth heir to the Archon family, a Yuntar, she was always recognized.
They all stepped aside, respectfully, and looked at Ji Xing with curious eyes - a young man they had never seen before. Could it be that Qiyana, who had just become Yuntar for two years, had already recruited an apprentice who was qualified to take the Yuntar assessment? Or even started to select a future husband?
Of course, they would never dare to ask.
On the contrary, Qiyana put aside some of her arrogance when facing these civilians, and occasionally nodded in response to their greetings, like a "wise ruler".
Until she brought Ji Xing home and met her mother, the contemporary Queen of Elements, the throne of Yun Tal. She was a woman who looked about 40 years old, a three-times more mature version of Qiyana, who had been able to contain her arrogance well, and her serious face was full of majesty.
She examined Ji Xing sharply, then looked at Qiyana and said, "Qiana, I don't want to hear bad news from you.
I have already warned you that expelling those miners from Piltover will only bring endless troubles to Ixoken. For Piltover, they can recruit as many low-level workers and businessmen as they want. Suppression will only bring a more violent backlash!
Where did you go during the day and night you disappeared? And who is this man?"
Qiyana curled her lips and lied a little uncomfortably: "I'm too lazy to attack those Piltover miners."
It was just that she didn't succeed. If she had succeeded, she would have boasted and been proud of herself and pissed off her mother.
"As for him? His name is Sewell, a Piltover man who strayed into the jungle." She shrugged and said, "He said he was the ruler of Piltover and a wizard. The magic he used was quite interesting. He asked me to bring him to you, so I brought him here."
"What?" Qiyana's mother was stunned and stood up angrily: "Qiana, you actually brought outsiders into Ixokon?!"
She looked at Ji Xing with a sullen face and said, "Seville? The ruler of Piltover? I seem to have heard of this name, the scientist who invented the 'Universal Capsule'? Are you also a mage?"
Her tone and expression were quite unfriendly, and the elemental power surged, as if she was considering whether it was feasible to keep Ji Xing in Ixuokun forever.
Ji Xing just smiled at her and said, "I didn't expect my name would be heard even in such an isolated place. Yes, I am Seville, and at the same time, I am the strongest wizard in the world."
"...?"
"I have learned some of the ingenuity of the Primordial Axiom from Qiyana and I am very interested in it. I have come here to explore the secrets of the Primordial Axiom. For this, I will offer a sufficiently valuable reward, knowledge or magic weapons. I hope the tower will allow it."
Qiyana was stunned.
You, that’s not what you said last night!
And... the world's strongest wizard? !
How can such a boastful guy be so proud just because he cracked my Yuanchu Axiom? My mother is a master who has been immersed in Yuanchu Axiom for 40 years and one of the strongest in Xuokan!
You, you don't want to live?!
Qiyana's mother is indeed very strong. She is rated as level five in the Noxus Academy of Magic and has the power to destroy a city or a town by herself.
If the magician's level is divided more finely into 10 levels, Leblanc is level 10, and little Qiyana is at most level 5, but Qiyana's mother must be at least level 8, making her an absolute Queen of Elements and a master of elemental magic.
But Ji Xing, who has condensed a world rune, is like Ryze, and has already surpassed the upper limit of the power of mortal mages!
In front of Ji Xing, there is no essential difference between Qiyana's mother and Qiyana!
……
After half an hour.
Qiana followed her mother with a dazed look on her face, and accompanied Ji Xing to the outside of the central tower of Ixuokun.
This is the core of the entire Ishoken and the land that Ishoken is most proud of.
Logically speaking, outsiders would never be allowed to enter here, but when her mother's elemental magic was destroyed in Ji Xing's hands like her own, they had no power to refuse. Even more than showing the Yuanchu Axiom to Ji Xing, this was a compromise request made by Qiyana's mother - that is, just like the Ixtal people, only by successfully passing the assessment in the central tower can one see the mystery of the Yuanchu Axiom.
Yes, this is more of a place for assessment.
Only by guarding one's own axioms under the attack of the ancient giant fabric 'Vidalion' in the tower and the scrutiny of the elders, and using the disordered threads of the fabric to weave a robe for oneself, can one go from being an elemental apprentice to becoming a respected Yuntal.
Two years ago, when she was just under 14 years old, Qiyana easily passed the assessment here and demonstrated her talent.
This was easy for her, but it would definitely be a disaster for outsiders who had not learned the Yuanchu Axiom... Well, at least that's what Qiana thought until last night.
The monster walking ahead may not be the same.
“The beauty of mathematics.”
Ji Xing looked at the thousands of arcs under his feet with admiration. All the mysteries of the elements are hidden in these precise and complex geometric lines!
Judging from this extension, the magic in the Alliance world is more sophisticated than he expected. Elemental magic can be described in this way, but what about the others?
Ji Xing has never forgotten that one of his invasion goals is to raise the star rating of the alliance world from five stars to six stars. In addition to the expansion of peak power, he may also give the 'National Mage' a try.
His thoughts wandered slightly and his gaze returned to the front. One by one, elemental elders in black robes appeared in Ji Xing's sight.
In Ji Xing's perception, they had elemental powers of at least level 6 and at most level 8, and they were ten times more scholarly than the mages at the Noxus Academy of Magic.
They had obviously received the message from Qiana's mother earlier, and at this moment, they all looked at Ji Xing, the outsider, and unexpectedly, there was no hatred or even murderous intent in their eyes.
Ixtal is not the only one, as these elemental masters, whose thoughts can be called philosophers, know well.
They don't like anyone disturbing the peace of Isooken, and they don't like Ji Xing's actions even more, but the mages of Isooken have their own unique rules. In their eyes, this is just an "academic exchange".
Nodding symbolically, they led Ji Xing into the tower, stood in a circle around the corridor like they were assessing an apprentice, and let Ji Xing walk to the 'Self-Defense Trial' arena below.
"A wizard from Piltover." A leading elder said loudly, "Let me remind you one last thing. When you stand on the stone carving in the center, you will be standing at the center of everything. Your soul, who has not learned the Primordial Theorem, will be baptized by the greatest elemental mystery in the world, which may impact your understanding of magic.
Under the Yuanchu Theorem, all of us are insignificant, including the tower base, me, and naturally you as well."
Jisung nods in greeting.
Vidarian above his head kept spinning, and the disordered threads were intertwined in an orderly manner.
Ji Xing stood at the center of the stone carving.
The elemental power surged like a tide, and the mighty waves seemed to have gathered the power of the entire world!
Under this power, ordinary people will be as small as hummingbirds caught in a storm, but Ji Xing is a dragon that is powerful enough to scatter them!
"Wrong, how can he cut that secant line, now it will affect the temperature, not the pressure, now he will experience high temperature."
"Wrong again. The most appropriate solution here is to construct 11 parallel lines. What did he do? He drew a... parabola?"
"..."
Qiana stood behind these elders, standing on tiptoe and looking at Ji Xing in the center, hearing the elders' judgments constantly in her ears.
"wrong……"
"wrong……"
"Sure enough, I haven't learned the Yuanchu Theorem..."
Such noises continued to be heard, but at a certain moment, they suddenly disappeared in unison.
Qiyana looked at the expressions of the elders.
The wise elders and the most intelligent people in Xuokun all had bewilderment on their faces. It was an expression of shock to their world view and outlook on life, exactly the same as hers last night!
Instead, she breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s not me who’s wrong, nor is it my mother who’s wrong, it’s this Seville who’s wrong!
Her eyes, which seemed to be burned by a branding iron, showed a complex emotion. She stared at Ji Xing who was in the center and murmured, "The world's strongest wizard?"
At this moment, Ji Xing's soul seemed to soar into the sky. He flew over the clouds, leaving Yi Xuoken far behind and overlooking the earth.
He saw the 'Original Axiom'.
Those were not the intricate lines and geometric patterns around the central tower of Ixuokun, nor were they many geometric patterns, but rather the mysterious lines covering the entire Rune Continent!
He saw mountains, valleys, and people.
The most essential power in the world surged within his body, converging in a certain direction.
The rune on his forehead stood out, as if expressing joy, but also as if expressing some rejection.
"Be good and precise." Ji Xing instructed, and the rune calmed down, and a smile appeared on Ji Xing's face.
With his current physical condition and control, he can just accommodate the second rune. He came to Shurima to see if the ascension ceremony could help him transform his body, but he didn't expect to come into contact with the second rune, the witchcraft rune, so smoothly!
Now the runes have begun to condense. With the experience of the first one, even if we follow the steps, we should be able to complete it in a month.
By then, when a person masters two runes, his strength will soar further, perhaps enough to compete with the "gods" of this world!
At this moment, as if attracted by something, his eyes turned to the distant west of the desert.
The majestic sun disk was suspended in the air, rotating slowly. Countless figures below were gazing at it, as if they were on pilgrimage.
They are not real humans, but images of the past, phantoms condensed from the yellow sand, echoes of the past history of Shurima!
In that city that was like a ghost town, there was only one real "human being".
He walked on the golden Imperial Avenue in the center, like an emperor reviewing his soldiers.
No, he is the emperor.
He is clad in the ornate regalia of ancient Shurima, his garments intricately detailed and adorned with symbols of royal authority and runes.
His body seemed to be covered with golden eagle armor, with an eagle head and a human body. He climbed up the sun disk step by step and looked around at his own territory.
"Yellow chicken?" Ji Xing exclaimed softly.
At the same time, Azir seemed to have noticed Ji Xing's peeping. His golden eyes pierced through the sun and looked at Ji Xing.
Ji Xing's soul floated down and descended all the way back to his body in the central tower.
“This perspective should be in present tense.”
Ji Xing raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Isn't he the last emperor of Shurima from three thousand years ago? Resurrected?"
(End of this chapter)